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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

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

Italy

Italian hostages freed in Syria welcomed home by ministers

Two aid workers taken hostage in northern Syria arrive in Rome after release

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

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Syrian refugees now outnumber any others getting UNHCR care

Syrians now outnumber Afghan refuges. That is according to the official 2014 registry by the United Nations agency the UNHCR. In June, the Syrians

World News

Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas

In Russia, Orthodox Christians have headed to church to celebrate Christmas eve. Some worshippers consider January 6 to be the beginning of the new

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

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

Lebanon

Under-strain Lebanon imposes visa restrictions on Syrian refugees

The Lebanese, struggling to cope with the more than a million and a half refugees from Syria they are currently looking after on their soil, are

Italy

Syrian migrants paid thousands to board decrepit ship abandoned by crew

The desperate conditions inside the Ezadeen have been revealed as investigators board the cargo ship that was carrying some 360 migrants when it was

Italy

Migrant 'ghost ship' arrives in Italy

Abandoned at sea, 360 migrants aboard the Ezadeen are now safe on land at the Italian port of Corigliano Calabro. All were described as being in

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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