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Sweden

A new life for Omar: Syrian torture victim thrives in Sweden

19/06/2017

Syria

Iran fires missiles at ISIL base in Syria

Iran says it has fired missiles at an Islamic State base in Syria in retaliation for attacks by the extremist group last week.

19/06/2017

Sweden

Number of radicalised Islamists in Sweden has risen from 'hundreds to thousands'

18/06/2017

Turkey

Turkish opposition MP gets 25-year jail term for 'spying'

Enis Berberoglu was accused of giving an opposition newspaper a video purporting to show Turkish intelligence services transporting weapons into Syria.

14/06/2017

Syria

New photos of Omran Daqneesh, the face of Syrian suffering

06/06/2017

Syria

Syria: Turkey slams US move to arm YPG militia

31/05/2017

Syria

Russian war vessels launch missiles at ISIL targets in Palmyra

31/05/2017

France

Macron holds 'frank exchange' talks with Putin

French and Russian leaders hold their first face-to-face talks at Versailles

29/05/2017

United Kingdom

Criticism after British military write 'Love from Manchester' on ISIL-bound missile

27/05/2017

Switzerland

Syrian peace talks end with only ''incremental progress''

Four days of faltering peace talks on Syria ended in Geneva on Friday, with Staffan de Mistura admitting only ‘‘incremental progress’‘ had been made.

19/05/2017

Syria

Syria and Russia condemn US strikes in Tanf

Russia labels US-led air strikes near Syria's border with Jordan 'unacceptable' and a violation of Syrian sovereignty.

19/05/2017

Syria

US accuses Syria of mass murder at prison dubbed 'human slaughterhouse'

The US has accused the Syrian government of murdering inmates on mass at a military prison.

16/05/2017

Syria

ISIL lose control of Tabqa and its dam

In a key setback for ISIL Syrian free units and the Kurds have retaken Tabqa and its dam, opening the road to the final assault on Raqqa.

12/05/2017

Mexico

Have we forgotten about the world's second deadliest conflict?

The media’s crosshairs have been firmly focussed on Syria for years as the country is ripped apart by civil war.

11/05/2017

Turkey

Erdogan say terrorism cannot be fought with terrorists

Turkey's president has hit out at the US's decision to arm Kurdish YPG fighter in northern Syria.

10/05/2017

Turkey

Turkey brands US supplying arms to Syrian Kurds 'unacceptable'

Washington's NATO ally is outraged at President Trump's decision to arm the YPG.

10/05/2017

Syria

Syria: Rebels evacuated from besieged Damascus suburb

For the first time in Syria’s conflict, rebels and their families have been evacuated from a district of Damascus besieged by regime forces.

09/05/2017

Syria

Children from Aleppo town compete in local 'Olympics'

Children in a rebel-held Aleppo province town have been getting a taste of normal life thanks to an athletics competition.

05/05/2017

Kazakhstan

Syria's armed opposition rejects Russian 'safe zones' plan

Syria’s armed opposition is rejecting a Russian plan to create safe zones in the country, saying it is a threat to territorial integrity.

04/05/2017

Syria

Russia, US agree better cooperation over Syria

Russia and the US have signalled that better efforts at cooperation will be made regarding the civil war in Syria.

03/05/2017