Syria Syrian state media reports civilians have begun to leave besieged Aleppo Syrian state media reports dozens of families have begun to leave the besieged north-western city of Aleppo. 30/07/2016
Syria Fatal air strike targets Syrian maternity hospital A maternity hospital in Syria’s Idlib province supported by Save the Children has been hit by an air strike. 29/07/2016
Syria Syrian opposition reject humanitarian corridors as a ploy to empty Aleppo The United Nations has called on Russia to allow the UN and aid agencies to monitor the four humanitarian corridors out of the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo. 29/07/2016
Syria Nusra Front militant group says it's ending ties with al Qaeda Al Qaeda’s powerful Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, says it is cutting ties with the global militant network. 29/07/2016
Syria Syria: hospitals targeted in besieged eastern Aleppo Four hospitals in besieged eastern Aleppo have reportedly been hit by air strikes. 24/07/2016
Syria Syrians adopt Pokemon Go to highlight plight of children The war has endured for more than five years. 22/07/2016
World Saudi Minister: Daesh is a gang of criminals, psychopaths and perverts The atrocious war in Syria is dragging on, Turkey is teetering, there is war in Yemen and the Middle East is, again, in turmoil. 21/07/2016
My Europe Series Human trafficking - tracking a lost generation More than 1.2 million people fled poverty and war in 2015 hoping to find a safe haven in Europe and many of the children who have made that journey are being exploited. 15/07/2016
My Europe Series Insiders investigates the exploitation of Syrian child labour in Turkey Insiders visited southeast Turkey, home to a large number of Syrian refugees who have fled their war-torn country, and found many children forced to work. 15/07/2016
Turkey Turkey hints at major policy shift towards Syria Following an improvement in relations with Russia and Israel, Turkey has now indicated it wants to mend ties with Syria. 14/07/2016
Syria Syrian rebels prepare for Aleppo siege Syrian government troops say they are moving in against rebel held positions in the Syrian city of Aleppo. 12/07/2016
Syria Dozens killed as fierce fighting erupts between Syrian government and rebels Fierce fighting in Syria’s Idlib province has left up to 30 people dead. 12/07/2016
Syria Two Russian pilots killed in Syria - Russian defence ministry Militants in Syria shot down a military helicopter near Palmyra on Friday, killing two Russian pilots – according to Russian media, quoting the defence ministry. 10/07/2016
Syria Syrian government forces 'cut road to Aleppo' Some 250,000 Aleppo residents have been put under siege after Syrian government troops effectively cut the road into rebel-held areas of the city, a monitoring group… 07/07/2016
Syria Syrian army announces ceasefire covering entire country for 72 hours It is a ceasefire in all but name, the Syrian military’s declaration of a 72-hour “regime of calm”, coinciding with the end of Ramadan, that began at one o’clock on Wednesday morning, and will end at 06/07/2016
Syria Amnesty International accuses Syrian opposition groups of human rights abuses The rights watchdog says the alleged abuse was committed over four years by the members of five armed organisations in the conflict-torn country. 05/07/2016
Cult Syria's cultural heritage recreated in Berlin's Pergamon Museum Berlin's Pergamon museum has set up a project to help integrate refugees where Syrian and Iraqi guides tell visitors of the cultural heritage of their countries. 04/07/2016
Syria West secretly helping Syria against militants, says Assad Syria’s President al-Assad is claiming that Western countries have sent security officials to help his government covertly fight militants. 02/07/2016
Syria Syria: Assad pays rare frontline visit Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has paid a rare visit to the frontline of the country’s civil war. 27/06/2016
Syria Battle for Manbij - US-backed forces enter key ISIL bastion in Syria US backed Kurdish and Arab militias in Syria have reportedly advanced into the strategically important ISIL stronghold of Manbij. 23/06/2016