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Syria: monitoring group claims 40 killed in intensified fight for Aleppo

The fight for Aleppo rages on with reports of sometimes-deadly offensives against civilians, Syrian army positions and ISIL.

Syria

Russia concerned about safety of workers delivering UN aid to Syria

The United Nations is finalising plans to airlift humanitarian aid to 19 besieged towns in Syria but Russia has expressed concern about the safety of aid workers, according to a senior UN…

World News

Syria: Pressure grows for air drops of humanitarian aid to besieged areas

The first humanitarian aid convoy in four years has entered the rebel-held Syrian town of Darayya near Damascus, besieged by government…

Syria

Fresh shelling in Syria kills 42 civilians, says monitoring group

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) monitoring group says forty-two civilians have been killed in aerial raids in the north of…

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Syria

US-backed push begins to retake Syria border pocket from ISIL

Reports from Syria say thousands of US-backed fighters have launched an offensive to retake a crucial swathe of land near the Turkish border from…

Syria

Many dead in Idlib as Russia and Turkey argue over blame

Russia has strongly denied its planes have carried out air strikes overnight in the rebel-held Syrian city.

Syria

Syria: civilian casualties rise as air strikes hit Aleppo

Videos posted online reportedly show the aftermath of air strikes in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

World News

Syria's chief opposition negotiator quits

The chief peace negotiator of Syria’s main opposition bloc has quit over the failure of the UN-backed Geneva peace talks.

Syria

Car bomb hits Shuiab Mosque in rebel-held Idlib, Syria

A car bomb exploded at the Shuiab Mosque in rebel-controled Idlib, Syria.

Iraq

The strategic map of the the offensive against ISIL

On March 19 the Iraqi army said it retook the remote town of Rutba which had been captured by the so-called Islamic State in 2014, as with most of Iraq’s…

Syria

Kurdish-led militias launch offensive against ISIL-held Raqqa

A US-backed alliance of Kurdish-Arab militias has started to clear ISIL fighters from the area north of the Raqqa which is the extremists de facto capital in…

Syria

Syria: US-backed fighters launch offensive to retake ISIL's Raqqa

A US backed coalition of Kurdish fighters in Syria has reportedly launched a major offensive to capture ISIL’s de-facto capital, Raqqa.

Syria

ISIL-claimed bombings on Assad strongholds are condemned by US and Russia

Bomb blasts which killed nearly 150 people and injured another 200 in the Syrian coastal towns of Jableh and Tartous have been condemned by both the US and…

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ISIL says deadly Syria blasts 'targeted supporters of Bashar al-Assad'

ISIL has claimed responsibility for multiple, deadly explosions in the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous.

Russia

US rejects Russia proposal for joint air strikes in Syria

The US has rejected a Russian proposal to carry out joint air strikes against jihadist groups in Syria, saying they have different…

Jordan

Soccer star Mesut Ozil has kickabout with young Syrian refugees

Young Syrian refugees in Jordan have been having a kickabout with Germany and Arsenal soccer star Mesut Ozil.

Syria

Saving Syria: massive air drops of aid planned

The ceasefire will be monitored round-the-clock and much-needed humanitarian aid will be delivered to besieged areas.

Syria

People smuggling worth up to $6 billion last year: Interpol

Syria

Aid and political transformation on agenda at International Syria Support Group meeting

Representatives from 17 countries backing peace talks on Syria are in discussions in Vienna in the latest effort to reach an agreement on how to

Lebanon

Hundreds attend Beirut funeral for Hezbollah commander

Hundreds of people have turned out for the funeral of a top Hezbollah commander in southern Beirut. Mustafa Badreddine is said to have died in an