Now playing Next Syria Mission successful: Ottoman forefather's remains removed from Syria Mission successful, according to the Turkish government, as soldiers guarding the tomb of Suleyman Shah are evacuated from Syria and his remains exhumed. 22/02/2015
Now playing Next Syria 'Kayla's calling was to help those who are suffering', US pays tribute to aid worker and ISIL hostage Kayla Mueller, the US aid worker who died while being held hostage by ISIL militants in Syria has been remembered by family and friends in her 11/02/2015
Now playing Next Syria US aid worker and ISIL hostage Kayla Mueller confirmed dead The United States has confirmed the death of aid worker and ISIL hostage Kayla Mueller. Her family say they are heartbroken. It comes four days after 10/02/2015
Now playing Next Syria ISIL claims US hostage killed in bombing raid Washington seeks proof ISIL militants claim that US hostage, Kayla Mueller, has been killed during a Jordanian air strike. The group announced she died in Raqqa, an 07/02/2015
Now playing Next Syria ISIL claims US woman hostage killed by airstrikes in Syria It is claimed that humanitarian worker Kayla Mueller was in a building hit by an airstrike 06/02/2015
Now playing Next Syria New ISIL video purports to show death of Jordanian pilot The Jordanian government has confirmed that ISIL militants have killed captive pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh. State television reported the government said 03/02/2015
Now playing Next Syria Islamic State group 'admits defeat' in Kobani Video emerges of masked fighter claiming ISIL withdrawal from Kobani was largely due to US-led air strikes. 01/02/2015
Now playing Next Syria Syrian Kurds return to Kobani to city 'destroyed' by fighting As thousands of Syrian Kurds return to Kobani, celebrations felt bitter sweet, as the level of destruction from more than four months of conflict became apparent. 28/01/2015
Now playing Next Syria Kurdish forces 'drive ISIL out of Kobani' in Syria Kurdish forces took control of the Syrian town of Kobani after driving out Islamic State fighters, a monitoring group and Syrian state media said, although Washington said the four-month battle was no 27/01/2015
Now playing Next Syria Air strike kills son of former Hezbollah commander: reports An air strike on Hezbollah positions close to the Golan heights in Syria has killed several fighters. Lebanese military sources say one of the dead 18/01/2015
Now playing Next Syria [WATCH] Video emerges claiming to show fresh fighting between Syrian Kurds and Assad forces New footage purports to show Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units in action 17/01/2015
Now playing Next Syria Italian aid workers held hostage in Syria are freed Italy’s government has announced the release of two young aid workers taken hostage in northern Syria last summer. In a video released two weeks ago 15/01/2015
Now playing Next Syria Kobani remains key battleground for ISIL as Kurds push the militants out Peshmurga fighters are continuing their assault to retake the Syrian town of Kobani from ISIL fighters, but the Islamic extremists are making the 06/01/2015
Now playing Next Syria Peshmerga fighters and Syrian rebels make ground on two separate fronts Backed up by US airstrikes, Peshmerga fighters claim to have control of 80 percent of Syrian border town of Kobani 06/01/2015
Now playing Next Syria Kurds regain most of Kobani but ISIL fights on in Syrian border town The Kurds now claim to have wrested control of about seventy percent of Kobani from the self-styled Islamic State, but heavy fighting continues for 02/01/2015
Now playing Next Syria Video of kidnapped Italian aid workers claims to show women still alive in Syria Video has just been released suggesting that two unofficial Italian aid workers captured in Syria in August are still alive, although the footage 01/01/2015
Now playing Next Syria Syrian President visits soldiers in Damascus in rare public appearance In a rare public appearance in recent times, and complete with patriotic music, Syrian state television has shown footage of its embattled president 01/01/2015
Now playing Next Syria Syria ready to discuss Russia peace plan talks Syria said on Saturday it is willing to participate in “preliminary consultations” in Moscow aimed at restarting peace talks next year to end its 27/12/2014
Now playing Next Syria Syria: 'civilians killed' in government raids near Aleppo Dozens of civilians have been killed and wounded in government air raids near the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, according to unconfirmed reports. 26/12/2014
Now playing Next Syria Father of Jordanian pilot captured by ISIl pleads for his release The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State militants in Syria has appeared on TV pleading for his son’s release. Safi al-Kasaesbeh 25/12/2014
Now playing Next Syria ISIL downs coalition warplane and captures pilot Jordan has confirmed that ISIL militants shot down a coalition warplane over Syria and captured the pilot. 24/12/2014
Now playing Next Syria Over 10 children killed in latest Syria violence At least 10 children have been killed in Syria after government airstrikes hit two schools in separate incidents today. Seven of the dead were from 23/12/2014
Now playing Next Syria Syria: Tehran renews support for Assad regime During a meeting with Bashar al Assad in Damascus, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani also discussed the threat of renewed aggression by Israel in Syria. 22/12/2014
Now playing Next Syria Militant jihadist group ISIL pose a new threat in the Middle East It emerged as an offshoot of al-Qaeda and was reinforced by the chaos generated by the civil war in Syria. In 2014 the self-styled Islamic State 19/12/2014
Now playing Next Syria Syrian 'moderate' rebels sign agreement for transition plan Around 17 different rebel groups in southern Syria have signed an agreement for a transition plan for the country. The groups are viewed by the West 11/12/2014