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Dozens killed as fierce fighting erupts between Syrian government and rebels

Fierce fighting in Syria’s Idlib province has left up to 30 people dead.

Turkey

Turkey: outrage after deadly fight between residents and refugees

A protest against Syrians living in the Beyşehir district of the Central Anatolian province of Konya took place after the funeral of an 18 year-old boy killed during a fight between refugees and…

Syria

Two Russian pilots killed in Syria - Russian defence ministry

Militants in Syria shot down a military helicopter near Palmyra on Friday, killing two Russian pilots – according to Russian media, quoting the defence ministry.

Syria

Both sides blamed for civilian deaths as Syria's Eid ceasefire collapses

Both sides in the Syrian war have been accused of killing civilians on Friday, as a three-day old truce to coincide with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr…

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Syrian government forces 'cut road to Aleppo'

Some 250,000 Aleppo residents have been put under siege after Syrian government troops effectively cut the road into rebel-held areas of the city, a monitoring group…

Syria

Amnesty International accuses Syrian opposition groups of human rights abuses

The rights watchdog says the alleged abuse was committed over four years by the members of five armed organisations in the conflict-torn country.

World News

Turkey: citizenship for Syrian refugees?

Turkey’s president has hinted that Syrian refugees in the country could be offered citizenship.

Syria

West secretly helping Syria against militants, says Assad

Syria’s President al-Assad is claiming that Western countries have sent security officials to help his government covertly fight militants.

World News

Belgium deploys F16s in fight against ISIL

For the first time, six Belgian F16s are to be used in strikes against ISIL positions over Syrian Territory.

Syria

Syria: Assad pays rare frontline visit

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has paid a rare visit to the frontline of the country’s civil war.

Syria

Battle for Manbij - US-backed forces enter key ISIL bastion in Syria

US backed Kurdish and Arab militias in Syria have reportedly advanced into the strategically important ISIL stronghold of Manbij.

Syria

Monitor claims 25 civilians killed in airstrike on Raqqa, Syria

The Syrian Observatory for Human rights claims that at least twenty-five civilians were killed and dozens of others wounded in an airstrike on the Syrian city of…

Jordan

Jordan vows to respond 'with an iron fist' to border attack

The funeral has taken place of one of six Jordanian border guards killed by a suicide bomber on Tuesday.

Syria

Syria: US diplomats urge anti-Assad military strikes

As US-led air power pounds ISIL in Syria, dozens of State Department officials want the Assad regime to feel the force of American military might.

Syria

Two-day pause in fighting comes into effect in Aleppo

The battle for the northern city between Russian-backed Syrian government forces and rebel groups has left hundreds dead.

Syria

ISIL committing genocide against Yazidis - UN

The so-called Islamic State (ISIL or ISIS) is committing ‘genocide’ against Yazidis in Syria and Iraq, according to UN investigators.

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Syria: Islamic State militants claim deadly attacks near Damascus shrine

In Syria, the Islamic State militant group says it was behind suicide and car bomb blasts that killed up to 20 people near the country’s holiest Shi’ite Muslim shrines in a Damascus…

France

Syria: Damascus suburb Daraya bombed after aid delivery

Barrel bombs have reportedly hit Daraya in Syria after desperately needed food aid reached the besieged town for the first time in four…

World News

Syria approves UN humanitarian aid deliveries to 19 besieged towns

The United Nations special envoy for Syria says an operation to deliver aid to 19 besieged and hard-to-reach Syrian towns has been approved by the government in…

Syria

Disillusioned Syrian refugees return home

Months of living rough in makeshift camps have taken their toll. Some Syrians are now reportedly paying smugglers to return home.