Syria

Syria

ISIL's cultural threat to Syria's ancient citadel of Palmyra

Fierce battles raging near the historic city of Palmyra have raised questions over its significance and status in the Islamic world. Fears have also

18/05/2015

Syria

Syria: reports of ISIL advance on Palmyra raise fears for the ancient site

Fears grow for the security of Palmyra amid reports ISIL extremists have advanced on the ancient Syrian site.

17/05/2015

Syria

Senior ISIL leader killed by US special forces in Syria raid

The United States says its special forces have killed a senior leader of the Islamic State militant group during a raid in eastern Syria. The

16/05/2015

Syria

Syria: Ancient city of Palmyra under threat of ISIL rampage

Fears are growing for the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, hailed as one of the Middle East’s most precious cultural treasures, amid reports that

15/05/2015

Syria

Intense battles on several fronts in Syria, including near UNESCO site

Syria’s army, backed up by fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah, have reportedly made big advances against insurgents in a key border region. The

14/05/2015

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Turkish PM makes unauthorised visit to Syria 

11/05/2015

Syria

"Death Everywhere" - report accuses Syria of bombing civilians

Amnesty International report accuses Syrian government of deliberately targeting civilians with deadly barrel bombs in Aleppo

06/05/2015

Syria

US-led airstrike kills 52 civilians, including 7 children

A group monitoring the conflict in Syria has reported fifty-two civilians have been killed by a single US-led airstrikes. The Syrian Observatory for

02/05/2015

Syria

Syria's Assad issues warning to foreign states hostile to his rule

Amid new international peace efforts, Syria's president hits out at foreign nations hostile to his regime

17/04/2015

Syria

Child pulled from rubble is rare moment of hope in Syrian war

17/04/2015

Syria

Christians in Aleppo call for an end to the Syria conflict

As the systematic bombing of Syria’s largest city continues to wreak destruction and claim lives, a leading Christian clergyman in Aleppo has called

14/04/2015

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Syria: blasts over the city of Aleppo

14/04/2015

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UN calls for safe passage for Yarmouk refugees

UN officials have visited the Syrian capital Damascus to call for people who want to leave the Yarmouk refugee camp on the city’s fringes, to be

12/04/2015

Syria

Eight dead in attack on Aleppo claims Syrian state television

Eight people have been killed and dozens buried under rubble in Syria’s second city of Aleppo after an attack by the militant group, Islamic State

11/04/2015

My Europe Series

Europe faces renewed calls to ease Syrian refugee mega-crisis

Europe must do more to help Syrians escape the country’s brutal civil war, says the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In an interview

09/04/2015

Syria

Yarmouk Palestinians crushed between ISIL and Assad

On the periphery of the Syrian capital, Yarmouk Camp, now largely destroyed, is in fact a city, with buildings, not tents. As a camp, it was

07/04/2015

Syria

Syria: UN calls for aid access to besieged Yarmouk refugee camp

The UN Security Council says crimes against Palestinian refugees in Syria’s besieged Yarmouk camp must not go unpunished. The UN is also calling for

07/04/2015

Syria

Palestinians put pressure on Damascus over Yarmouk crisis

The desperate plight of Palestinians trapped amid fighting in Syria prompted dozens of people to demonstrate outside the UN headquarters in Gaza. One

06/04/2015

Syria

Palestinians mobilise to save Yarmouk refugees after ISIL attack

A video posted online on Sunday purported to show militants from the self-proclaimed Islamic State advancing into the mostly Palestinian refugee camp

05/04/2015

Syria

Christians in Iraq and Syria celebrate Easter and pray for better days

Easter has been celebrated by Christians in the Kurdish city of Irbil in Iraq. Many of those who came to the St Joseph Cathedral were internal

05/04/2015

Syria

Syria: Civilians in 'acute danger' at Yarmouk refugee camp, warns UN

The United Nations is sounding the alarm over the “desperate” plight of civilians trapped amid fierce fighting in the largely Palestinian Yarmouk

05/04/2015

Syria

Palestinian refugees outside Syrian capital 'at extreme risk of death'

The jihadist Islamic State offensive has been closing in on the Syrian capital, Damascus. Conflicting reports say Palestinian fighters and Syrian

02/04/2015

Syria

Nine British nationals allegedly en route to Syria detained in Turkey

Nine British nationals have been detained by Turkish authorities on suspicion of trying to enter Syria illegally. They were taken into custody in the

02/04/2015

Syria

Syria: ISIL militants seize parts of Palestinian camp

ISIL militants have reportedly taken control of large parts of a Palestinian camp in the Syrian capital. Video uploaded to the internet purportedly

01/04/2015

Syria

Islamist alliance takes Syrian city of Idlib

An alliance of Islamist forces, rivals of the group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL), have seized the Syrian city of Idlib close to the Turkish

28/03/2015

Syria

Syria: Idlib 'captured' by Islamist rebels in blow to Assad regime

Islamist groups in Syria including al Qaeda’s Nusra Front have reportedly seized the city of Idlib, dealing a huge blow to the Assad regime. Social

28/03/2015