Syria

About 51,000 refugees and migrants are in Greece, where arrivals more than doubled on Tuesday

They had been raped and beaten, while some showed signs of "mutilation", Internal Security Forces says

Mother Schools teach Muslim women how to spot early signs of radicalisation in children or develop coping mechanisms

Assad's future - including whether he would be allowed to run in those elections - remains controversial

'Syrian government forces are the only force capable of defeating terrorism in Syria' Syria's military command

Situated about 210 kilometres northeast of Damascus, it drew some 150,000 tourists a year before the war

Mufid Elfgeeh described by prosecutors as "one of the first" IS recruiters captured in the United States

Russian Air Force Commander Viktor Bondarev made the announcement in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda

Several strike fighters landed at an airbase in Moscow as part of the withdrawal of armed forces from Syria

They discussed President Putin's announcement today of a partial withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria

The public prosecutor confirmed that both girls had returned home by Sunday evening

A first round of talks in early February was cut short amid intensifying Russian air strikes in Syria

The humanitarian crisis is particularly acute at the Idomeni crossing where around 12,000 people are stranded

The two Syrians were convicted of smuggling

Woman told journalists "Allah ordered" the killing as a judge ordered her held in custody for two months

Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Syrian government and Russia have been carrying out bombardments since the truce

World powers have thrown their weight behind the landmark truce as a way to bring an end to Syria's conflict

The first major truce in five years of conflict was expected to allow aid workers to bring supplies to 154,000 people

The Security Council unanimously demanded on Friday that all parties to the conflict comply with terms of the plan

Some 6,500 people were stuck at the Idomeni camp on Greece's northern border with Macedonia on Sunday

The 97 fighting groups in Syria as of midnight local time on February 26 have agreed to “a cessation of hostilities”

Nationwide cessation of hostilities is the first pause in 5 years of a civil war that has claimed over 270,000 lives

Obama says US would do everything it could to make a ceasefire in Syria succeed despite significant question marks

The 58-minute documentary "Dugma, the Button" reveals the convictions and doubts of those ready to become martyrs

Israel however, says it was sceptical the deal would hold

The announcement comes just one day after the deadliest extremist attack in the nearly five-year war

Blasts struck about 400 m from revered Shia shrine containing grave of a granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

The writer and comedian is touching a still rawer nerve in her new show "The Kardashians Made Me Do It"

Rami Jarrah said he had been released but said he was given no explanation as to why he was arrested

Hollande said negotiations must resume, bombardments must stop, and aid must come

France remains extremely concerned by the dangerous escalation of the conflict

The heartbreaking portraits reveal a true sense of life during the four-year-long war in Syria

Military officials fret about the possibility of an unintended clash between the two sides

The alliance has rarely acknowledged civilian deaths in its campaign against Islamic State

They said the attacks were making the humanitarian situation in the region worse

Turkish artillery struck Kurdish militia targets in Syria, putting Ankara at odds with the US supporting Syrian Kurds

Almost 50 civilians were killed when missiles hit five medical facilities, two schools in rebel-held areas of Syria

The raids also left dozens wounded, Observatory says

Not a truce as such, but a pause for humanitarian efforts to relieve some of the worst of the civilian suffering

Major powers agreed on Friday to a temporary "cessation of hostilities" in Syria

Adel al Jubeir also says Russia's military interventions will not help the incumbent president stay in power

Girls designed and directed their own shoot based on what they want to be when they grow up

The United Nations says up to 31,000 people have fled Aleppo city and surrounding areas in recent days

Since September, the Russians have been carrying out strikes against groups of fighters opposed to Syrian President

'We have been frustrated at the slow pace .... of confronting Daesh' Minister Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash

Thousands of Syrians, mostly women and children, have fled toward the Turkish border since Friday

Saudi Arabia lacked courage to go through with a plan to send ground troops to Syria, says Revolutionary Guard head

Kerry accused the Russian military of using 'dumb bombs'

Around 20 planes took part in the raid, including French Rafale fighters

Hammond says Putin is worsening Syrian civil war by bombing opponents of Islamic State