world news Syrian opposition will not attend Russian peace conference A spokesman for Syria's opposition rules out taking part in Russian brokered peace talks. 27/01/2018
Syria Battle for Raqqa: those fleeing city complain of lack of food and medicine in stifling summer heat Syrians fleeing Raqqa say a lack of resources and the grueling summer heat are making life increasingly hard. At one refugee camp, north of the 13/08/2017
Syria Gaining ground in Raqqa - US backed Syrian forces surround Islamic State fighters in push to take back the city US-backed forces have Islamic State fighters surrounded in central Raqqa - but driving the militants out could take up to four months 10/08/2017
View EU should not blackmail Syria over aid By Fabrice Balanche, associate professor and research director at the University of Lyon 2, visiting fellow at The Washington Institute On April 18/04/2017
Russia Putin: the US is planning more strikes in Syria Vladimir Putin says Russia has information that the US is planning to launch new missile strikes on Syria. The Russian president also says there are plans to fake chemical weapons attacks in Syria. 11/04/2017
Syria Homs: hundreds leave the city's last bastion Eyewitnesses say rebels and their families have begun leaving their last bastion in the Syrian city. The Russian-backed deal with the government is expected to be among the largest evacuations of its 18/03/2017
Switzerland Syrian opposition calls for direct talks with Assad regime in Geneva Syrian opposition delegates have for the first time called for face-to face talks with government representatives ahead of negotiations which begin today in… 23/02/2017
Syria Syria: Anti-ISIL forces close in on Raqqa The US-backed campaign against ISIL is closing in on Raqqa, the Syrian capital of the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate. 31/01/2017
Syria Putin announces Syria peace talks in Kazakh capital as residents return to Aleppo Russia, Iran, Turkey and President Bashar al-Assad have all agreed to meet in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana to try to end the conflict in Syria, President Vladimir Putin has… 23/12/2016
Syria Families flee Raqqa after Syrian Democratic Forces offensive The guns turned on Raqqa almost a week ago with the start of an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces – the SDF – on the city which is the stronghold of the so-called Islamic… 11/11/2016
world news Global protests for an end to Aleppo air strikes They called it ‘The Global Day of Rage for Aleppo’. 02/10/2016
