The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 25, 2016 Syria: At least 164 Killed in Assad and Russian Airstrikes ---------------------------------------------------------- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 164 people have died in Syria over the past three days in airstrikes by the Assad regime and the Russian military. The victims include more than 40 children. This comes as U.N. peace talks are supposed to begin in Geneva this week. The talks are likely to be delayed until Wednesday amid disagreements over who will represent the Syrian opposition. .