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US calls for Syria no-fly zone as UN says it will resume aid convoys

Moscow and Washington trade blame during a high-level meeting at the UN Security Council in New York.

Syria

Claim and counterclaim as US and Russia row over destroyed aid convoy

The short lived truce in Syria brokered by the US and Russia is in tatters after a UN aid convoy was destroyed.

Syria

US accuses Russia of air strike on Syria aid convoy

The Obama administration has accused Russian forces of the airstrike on a UN aid convoy, which shattered the fragile peace agreement in Syria.

Syria

Syria ceasefire is 'not dead' insists Kerry, despite attack on aid convoy

At talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted that the Syrian ceasefire is “not dead”, despite the devastating strike on a huma

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Syria

UN suspends all aid to Syria after convoy attack

The United Nations has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after its trucks were hit during a deadly air raid near Aleppo.

Syria

Humanitarian aid convoy hit by air strike in Syria

An international aid convoy has been hit by an air strike while delivering aid to 78,000 people in the hard-to-reach town of Urm al-Kubra in Syria.

Syria

Syrian aid convoy hit by air strikes near Aleppo

An aid convoys which had been trying to reach a remote rebel-held area is hit in an airstrike - 18 of the 31 trucks are struck with many casualties reported, mostly drivers

Syria

Syrian ceasefire over

The Syrian Army has announced the end of last week’s ceasefire blaming rebels and citing over 300 violations of the agreement.

Turkey

Syria: Turkish 'safety zone' could span 5,000 square kilometres

Turkey’s so-called ‘safety zone’ in Syria could eventually span an area of 5,000 square kilometres, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.

Cinema

Inside the mind of a suicide bomber

Norwegian documentary-maker Pål Refsdal tries to show "the other side" in his documentary 'Dugma: The Button', in which he films the daily life of "martyrs in waiting" in Syria.

Syria

Aleppo pounded by air strikes - monitors

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says people have been injured in the Syrian city. The group says it is not possible to identify who was behind the air strikes.

Syria

Syria ceasefire under pressure after US-led strikes reportedly kill soldiers

Will Syria’s shaky ceasefire survive this latest setback?

Syria

Russia casts doubt on US commitment to Syria ceasefire

A fragile ceasefire in Syria appears largely to be holding, but tensions are rising between its brokers.

Syria

Syrian ceasefire still alive but not solid enough for aid to get through

Sporadic shelling continues in eastern suburbs of Damascus but a fragile truce between government forces and rebels in Syria is still holding – just.

World News

Will aid get into Aleppo? Syria ceasefire remains fragile

If true, it would be a big step towards getting aid into eastern Aleppo.

Syria

Syrian ceasefire breathing space promises little relief for rebels

Aleppo shook to falling bombs right up to the very last minute before the ceasefire.

Syria

Syria truce takes effect but violence erupts in some areas

Reports indicate there has been a reduction in violence in Syria since a ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia came into effect on Monday evening.

Syria

Initial 'calm prevails' as Syrian ceasefire deal comes into effect

A nationwide ceasefire agreement in Syria brokered by Russia and the United States has come into effect.

Syria

Five years' talking brings no closer end to Syrian carnage

There is a new ceasefire in Syria, brokered between the US and Russia, respectively the godfathers of the opposition, and regime.

Syria

Assad vows to recover all of Syria from 'terrorist groups'

Hours before a US-Russian ceasefire deal was due to take effect, the Syrian president said the Syrian state was determined to recover all areas from terrorist…

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