Now playing Next Syria US and Russia broker ceasefire for Syria The United States and Russia say a ceasefire will come into force in Syria this coming weekend. Hostilities will end just after midnight on Saturday 22/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Ceasefire agreed in Syria - Washington and Moscow Washington and Moscow have agreed terms for a ceasefire in Syria. Hostilities will halt at midnight on February the 27th. A joint statement says the 22/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria A deadly day in Syria as dozens die in Damascus and Homs It is feared dozens of people have been killed in a series of explosions in the Syrian city of Homs and the capital, Damascus. 21/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Twin explosions in Homs, Syria kill 46, says monitor A monitoring group says 46 people have been killed in twin explosions in the Syrian town of Homs. The Syria Observatory for Human Rights says at 21/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Turkey rules out unilateral ground intervention in Syria Turkey is shelling Kurdish militia in Syria, but it has ruled out any unilateral ground intervention there. It comes as Russia asked the UN Security 20/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Syria: ISIL stronghold of al-Shadadi 'captured by Kurdish-led forces' A Syrian monitor is claiming that a strategically important ISIL stronghold in northeastern Syria has fallen to a Kurdish-led force backed by US-led 19/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Can the wrecked Syrian city of Homs rise again? The old city of Homs in Syria is devastated after years of war. Few buildings remain intact and even fewer of the inhabitants are still living there 19/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria First big aid shipment delivered in Syria The UN has confirmed that the first large shipments of aid have made it through to five besieged towns in Syria. Aid convoys with food and medical 17/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Modern warfare brings ancient Aleppo to its knees Syrian government forces are tightening the noose on the city of Aleppo, which since almost the very start of the Syrian civil war has mostly been in 17/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Syria aid convoys on way to deliver supplies to starving civilians Aid convoys in Syria are said to be on their way to deliver supplies to people trapped in besieged areas. Lorries have been seen leaving Damascus 17/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Turkey mulls ground operation in Syria Turkey’s foreign minister said some countries wants boots on the ground in Syria. But he said the offensive must be carried out jointly, like the 16/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Russia rejects 'war crime' accusations after hospital airstrikes Russia has strongly rejected accusations of war crimes after dozens of people were killed in strikes on medical facilities in rebel-controlled areas 16/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Claim and counter claim over Syria 'war crime' hospital bombings The latest slaughter in Syria is a war crime say France and Turkey. For the United Nations, Monday’s missile attacks on hospitals and schools in 16/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Turkey points finger at Russia over Syria hospital attacks Visiting Ukraine, Turkey’s prime minister pointed the finger at Russia over the strikes in Azaz. Earlier he’d warned Kurdish rebels of a harsh 15/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Syria hospital and school strikes kill 'up to 50' - UN The United Nations says up to 50 people have been killed in missile attacks on hospitals and schools in northern Syria. Médécins Sans Frontières – 15/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Idlib hospital attack apparently deliberate, says MSF president Humanitarian organisation, Médécins Sans Frontières, says deadly attacks on a hospital it supports in Idlib province appear to have been deliberate 15/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Syria: a deadly political chess game Saudi Arabia's role in the Syrian conflict is evolving as it sends warplanes to a Turkish base has openly declared it is willing to intervene on the ground if the US-led coalition introduces ground tr 15/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria 'Up to 50 dead' including children in hospital strikes in Syria The United Nations says up to 50 people have been killed in missile attacks on hospitals and schools in Syria. Médécins Sans Frontières reports seven 15/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Syria: at least 14 dead as missile strikes hit hospitals in Azaz and Idlib A Turkish security official says at least 14 civilians have been killed in Russian missile attacks on the northern Syrian border town of Azaz. The 15/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Turkey urged to stop assaults on Kurdish militias in Syria France calls on Turkey to halt assaults on Kurdish militia Saudi Arabia prepared to participate in Syrian ground offensive Obama and Putin agree 15/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Russia and US to boost cooperation to implement Syria ceasefire deal, says Kremlin Russia and the US have agreed to intensify diplomatic and other cooperation to implement an agreement on Syria, struck in Munich. That, from the 14/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria 'It's just not true' - Russia rejects claims that it's bombing civilians in Syria Russia has rejected accusations that it’s been bombing civilians in Syria. The denial came at a security conference in Munich, as Moscow pressed on 13/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Assad says he will take back "whole country" in interview The International Syrian Support Group has met in Munich with members told Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, intends to ride out the storm and 13/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Ceasefire in Syria? In the Syrian capital Damascus residents have been reflecting on the decision taken in Munich for a “cessation of hostilities” in Syria’s near 12/02/2016
Now playing Next Syria Syria fighting rages despite fresh efforts to end the war Fighting continued to rage in Syria on Friday, as the world analyses the latest deal aimed at stopping five years of war. The complex twists of 12/02/2016
Now playing Next World A new hope for Syrians In this week’s Perspectives, we follow reports from around Europe on the crisis in Syria and the effects on those who live there. World powers agreed 12/02/2016