the global conversation Two views on Syria's growing humanitarian crisis The head of Save the Children and a volunteer A&E doctor warn the world urgently needs to do more to ease the Syrians' suffering. 15/03/2018
Syria Syrian Army advances in eastern Ghouta The Syrian Army advances in eastern Ghouta as international calls to respect the UN-agreed ceasefire continue 03/03/2018
Syria Aid agencies await truce in Syria's Ghouta Moscow's call for a daily five-hour "humanitarian pause" failed to halt the bombing over rebel-held Ghouta on Tuesday, and there was no sign of any UN aid deliveries or medical evacuations. 28/02/2018
Syria Aid agencies warn Syrian refugees risk being forced to return home Six major charities claim an anti-refugee backlash and misleading rhetoric in host countries have created a false impression that Syria is now safe. 06/02/2018
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
Saudi Arabia Syrian opposition rules out role for Assad in peace deal Despite President Assad's renewed military might, opposition groups say the Syrian leader must play no part in an interim period under any peace deal 24/11/2017
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 Russia says bombed rebel weapons dump caused Syria 'chemical attack' Russia has said chemical gas which killed dozens in Syria leaked from a rebel facility, after it was bombed by Syrian planes. 05/04/2017
Syria Russia says bombed rebel weapons dump caused Syria 'chemical attack' Russia has said chemical weapons that killed as many as 100 people in the town of Idlib leaked from a rebel weapons facility after it was bombed by the Syrian air… 05/04/2017
world news ISIL accused of using civilians as human shields near Raqqa People fleeing villages around the Syrian city of Raqqa claim ISIL has been using civilians as human shields. 31/03/2017
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 Geneva peace talks: looking for a way out of Syrian war Opposing sides in the Syrian war have come face to face in UN peace talks for the first time in three years, as a way out of the deadly conflict remains elusive. 24/02/2017
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
Kazakhstan Syria peace talks start in Kazakhstan Syria's opposition and government representatives are meeting in Astana, in the latest efforts to secure peace after a six-year long civil war. 23/01/2017
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 Syria, Turkey and Russia weigh in on status of eastern Aleppo ceasefire Conflicting messages are coming from Syria, Turkey and Russia following the suspension of a ceasefire agreement between the latter two countries which was supposed to see tens of thousands of people e 16/12/2016
Syria Syria: hospitals in eastern Aleppo 'bombed out of use' Hospitals in besieged rebel-held districts of the Syrian city have been hit by intense airstrikes in recent days, several sources say. 19/11/2016
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
Syria Syria's Assad says US 'lacks will' to work with Russia to defeat terrorists Embattled Syrian President Bashar al Assad has hit out at the US, saying it has no will to work with Russia to defeat ISIL and other groups seen as terrorist in… 22/09/2016
Syria The UN resumes aid deliveries to Syria as overnight airstrikes hit Aleppo The United Nations has said it will resume aid operations to Syria by sending trucks to a besieged district near Damascus. 22/09/2016
