Syria

According to Observatory, the Syrian conflict has killed more than 360,000 people and displaced millions

Poisoning 46 people, including eight children being treated in hospital

The move aims to minimise tensions between Turks, Washington's Kurdish allies against IS

IS overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014 proclaiming caliphate in the land it controlled

Government forces to respond with artillery fire

Around three per cent of Syria's pre-war population or 700,000 people belonged to the Druze minority

Delivering food, sanitation and hygiene supplies, nutrition and health assistance to 50,000 people

The accord has for now stopped the government's military advances

Turk Telecom installs cell towers in militant held region

Going against the Syrian peace conference agreement to form the 150-member committee

Militants traded fire with government forces in northern Syria overnight

Rekindles debate and sparks criticism in Japan about reporting from war zones

Nearly 50,000 displaced people are in a desert camp next to Syria's border with Jordan

Japan's government spokesperson denies any payment was involved in the release of the journalist

Militant attacks have rattled the Islamic State and it continues to suffer from homegrown militancy

Athough in the rubble of shattered, destitute towns nearby, life could not be more different

Syria's war has killed more than 360,000 people since it erupted in 2011

Close to 365,000 people have been killed during the seven-year civil war

Following evacuation from Israel and Jordan, Canada stepped up for housing them earlier in July

Two women and four children from the province of Sweida were released last night

France says the summits aims to avoid a new humanitarian disaster

We will not abandon our weapons or hand them over, says Idlib terrorist group

The opening will allow UN peacekeepers to step up their efforts to prevent hostilities in the Golan Heights region

Syrian war has killed more than 360,000 people since 2011 with brutal repression of anti-government protests

The weapons pullback is the first major test of a truce deal brokered by Russia and Turkey

Former al Qaeda branch, Hayat-al-Sham reportedly withdraws weapons in Idlib

Hundreds of stolen antiquities were recovered by the Syrian government and put on display in Damascus this week

The move comes amidst Israeli and US concerns that the sale would embolden Iran and escalate the Syrian war

Contrary to media reports, Faylaq-al Rahman dimisses claims of arms withdrawal

The Ahvaz National Resistance and the Islamic State both claim responsibility for last week’s military parade attack

More than four years into devastating conflict has killed 18,096 people in Syria

Seven years of brutal war have forced more than half of Syria's people out of their homes

United States has some 2,000 troops in Syria, mainly training and advising both Kurdish forces and Syrian Arabs

The government has recovered control of most of the country with help from its allies Russia and Iran

Under a deal with Turkey that averted a large-scale military assault on the militant-held province

An additional 53 civilians had been killed unintentionally in August

Several sources say neither militants nor other groups have started to pull back

Let the Israelis try, we will defend ourselves as we always do, the state news agency quoted Meqdad as saying

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As UN peace drive has dragged on without evident success, Syrian forces have backed opposition into Idlib

Announces after the ministry accused Israel of indirectly causing the downing of a Russian military plane

Pro-Turkey militants have cautiously accepted a Moscow-Ankara deal to prevent a Russia-backed regime attack on Idlib

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blames Iran's pro-US rivals for the recent attacks

Israeli military believes Hezbollah has between 100,000 and 120,000 short-range missiles and rockets

The incident was the worst case of friendly fire between Russia and President Bashar al-Assad's regime

United Nations gives cautious backing to Russian-Turkish agreement in Idlib

Iraq has condemned several hundred people including around 100 foreign women to death for Da'aish links

Israel's PM office says Netanyahu places blame for the shooting down of the aircraft on Syria

15 people were killed when the Russian plane was brought down, says defense ministry

Separately, a missile strike on a military target in the coastal Syrian region of Latakia killed at least two people