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  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Syrian government makes Ghouta gains; Turkey steps up Afrin attack

    The UN Security Council demanded a 30-day countrywide ceasefire a week ago, but this has failed to take effect.

    1580 days ago
  • A Syrian man carries two children in the rubble of buildings following regime air strikes on the rebel-held besieged town of Douma in the eastern Ghouta region, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on 7 February 2018. Picture: AFP

    Russia orders daily truce for evacuations from Syria's eastern Ghouta

    It appeared to make no mention, however, of allowing relief supplies to enter the territory, where 400,000 people are living under siege and bombardment.

    1585 days ago
  • A Syrian man carries two children in the rubble of buildings following regime air strikes on the rebel-held besieged town of Douma in the eastern Ghouta region, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on 7 February 2018. Picture: AFP

    UN: 'Hell on earth' in Syria's eastern Ghouta must end

    UN human rights chief Zeid Ra‘ad al-Hussein said air strikes on eastern Ghouta were continuing on Monday morning.

    1586 days ago
  • FILE: A Syrian boy looks at the damage following reported air strikes on the rebel-held besieged town of Douma in the eastern Ghouta region, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on 6 February 2018. Picture: AFP.

    More bombs hit Syria's Ghouta, death toll highest since 2013

    The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was the highest 48-hour death toll in the Syria conflict since a 2013 chemical attack on eastern Ghouta.

    1591 days ago
  • A Syrian man carries two children in the rubble of buildings following regime air strikes on the rebel-held besieged town of Douma in the eastern Ghouta region, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on 7 February 2018. Picture: AFP

    Syrian Observatory: bombing kills 94 in eastern Ghouta in a day

    Air strikes, rocket fire and shelling on the besieged suburbs of Damascus also wounded another 325 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

    1592 days ago
  • In this handout photograph taken and released by The Turkish Presidential Press Office on 15 February, 2018, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ahead of a meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. Picture: AFP.

    Tillerson meets Turkey's Erdogan for 'open' talks after weeks of strain

    Ahead of the meeting, Turkey had called for the United States to expel the YPG from the anti-Islamic State SDF forces it is backing in Syria.

    1596 days ago
  • The emblem for the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia. Picture: Facebook.com

    Russia's World Cup likely target for Islamic State - US analysis firm

    The participation of the national teams of Saudi Arabia and Iran in the tournament provided an even greater incentive for the group to target it, the report said.

    1625 days ago
  • Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Picture: AFP.

    Erdogan: We will 'strangle' US-backed force in Syria 'before it's even born'

    The United States announced its support on Sunday for plans for a 'border force' to defend territory held by US-backed, Kurdish-led fighters in northern Syria.

    1627 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab shows Abd Alkader Habak, a photographer and activist, running with a boy in his hands after a bomb attack in Syria. Picture: CNN.

    Top UN humanitarian official to visit Syria

    The most recent visit by a UN humanitarian chief was in December 2015.

    1634 days ago
  • FILE: Syrian forces gestures as they carry the national flag in the village of Suway'iah, near the Syrian border town of Albu Kamal, on 9 November 2017. Picture: AFP

    Syrian rebels say discussing evacuation from territory near Israel

    The area around Beit Jin is sensitive because of its location next to the Israel-controlled Golan Heights.

    1646 days ago
  • Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad during a meeting in Sochi on November 20, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Russia's Putin hosts Assad in fresh drive for Syria peace deal

    Previous attempts to end Syria’s six years of war have foundered because of bitter disagreements, especially on whether Assad himself should stay in power.

    1682 days ago
  • A Syrian man receives treatment at a small hospital in the town of Maaret al-Noman following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, a nearby rebel-held town in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, on 4 April 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Syria toxic gas inquiry to end after Russia again blocks UN renewal

    Russia vetoed on Friday a Japanese-drafted UN Security Council resolution to extend the inquiry for one month.

    1686 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab shows Abd Alkader Habak, a photographer and activist, running with a boy in his hands after a bomb attack in Syria. Picture: CNN.

    Syrian army, allies, take last IS stronghold in Syria: commander

    On Wednesday, after a months-long advance through central and eastern Syria, the Syrian army and allied Shi‘ite militias encircled and attacked Albu Kamal.

    1695 days ago
  • A United Nations Security Council meeting in New York City. Picture: AFP

    At UN, Russia slams inquiry into toxic gas attacks in Syria

    The chemical weapons attack prompted a US missile strike just days later against a Syrian air base.

    1696 days ago
  • A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows trucks carrying food aid arriving in Deir al-Zor on 7 September 2017. Picture: AFP

    Syrian army takes full control of Deir al-Zor from Islamic State: observatory

    The Islamist group had held most of the city since 2014, except for one large pocket where Syrian army troops and 93,000 civilians had been holed up for three years.

    1701 days ago
  • FILE: A Syrian child receives treatment following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhoun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province on 4 April 2017. Picture: AFP

    White House slams Russia over veto on Syria chemical weapons probe

    JIM was unanimously created by the 15-member UN Security Council in 2015 and renewed in 2016 for another year. Its mandate is due to expire in mid-November.

    1702 days ago
  • FILE: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    No role for Assad in Syria’s future - Tillerson

    Supported by Russian air power and Iran-backed militias, Assad appears militarily unassailable and last month Assad ally Hezbollah declared victory in the Syrian war.

    1708 days ago
  • FILE: A general view for the besieged town of Madaya, in the countryside of Damascus, Syria, on 14 January 2016. Picture: EPA/Youssef Badawi.

    'At the doors of starvation:' siege strangles Damascus suburbs

    Um Said, a mother of six, says she is too hungry to breast feed her six-month-old twins, Marwa and Safa.

    1708 days ago
  • Meet the key players in Syria's civil war.  Picture: CNN

    Syrian Observatory: Islamic State captures town from government

    There was no comment from the Syrian army on the report that Qaryatayn, 120 km northeast of Damascus, had fallen.

    1734 days ago
  • FILE: Smoke billows following a suicide car bombing in Rashidin, west of Aleppo, that targeted buses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns. Picture: AFP.

    Air strikes in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib kill 28 – Observatory

    The Syrian Civil Defence, a rescue service operating in rebel-held areas, put the preliminary death toll at 26 in a report on its Twitter feed.

    1735 days ago
  • Meet the key players in Syria's civil war.  Picture: CNN

    Syrian army, allies seize oilfield from Islamic State in east - state TV

    Government forces this week broke through Islamic State lines to reach a government-held enclave of the city besieged for years by the jihadists.

    1756 days ago
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