Syria

If it succeeds, the coalition will have struck a crippling blow against Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate

The city of Aleppo is divided into areas held separately by the government and the opposition

Staffan de Mistura said that indirect talks between the government and the opposition are now 'starting officially'

A car bomb and two suicide bombers attacked the Sayeda Zeinab district, home to Syria's holiest Shia shrine

Some 700,000 Syrian children living in refugee camps in Jordan and other Middle Eastern countries are out of school

High Negotiations Committee demand humanitarian aid first gets through to besieged towns

Several dozen more residents are in danger of death because of severe malnutrition, the humanitarian group warned

UNSC in Dec sought immediate access for humanitarian aid and an end to attacks on civilians in Syria

Petition calls for world leaders to commit $1.4 billion to make sure all Syrian children get an education

"I'll go with my friends or not (at all). There is no compromise in this question" Manna

Says it needs $2.8 billion in 2016 to help millions of children in humanitarian emergencies around the world

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had killed at least 30 people

The spy agency knew it would have a willing partner to help pay for the covert operation

Biden and Davutoglu discussed how to further support Sunni Arab rebel forces fighting to oust Assad

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven children and one woman were among the dead

The rocket struck a house in the city center of Kilis, 10 km north of the border, Sabah Daily reported

Murder took place in August on the road between Latakia city and Qardaha, the ancestral village of the Assad family

The vote was 55-43, with "yes" votes falling short of the 60 needed to advance the Republican-backed measure

Government forces used dozens of the vehicles to navigate the town's tiny alleys

Dozens more people need immediate specialised medical care outside Madaya if they are to survive, says report

IS has in the past carried out mass executions of civilians

The teenager's death was witnessed by representatives of the UN children's agency, UNICEF

More than two dozen people have reportedly died of starvation since early December

'Around 400 are in need of being evacuated for life-saving medical attention' UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien

'First one needs to give the Syrian people an opportunity to have their say' Putin

Rights monitors said fresh Russian strikes had killed at least 12 children and three adults, including a teacher

Three other children were also killed by rebel rocket fire on a government-held district in Aleppo city

The number of people immigrating illegally exceeded 150,000 in 2015

Walid Muallem will meet Sushma Swaraj and 'other government functionaries' during a three-day official visit,

Washington said last month it was deploying a new force to Iraq to carry out strikes against Islamic State

A new regulation came into force requiring Syrians arriving in Turkey by air and sea to have visas

The UN said there were 40,000 people, half of them children, who needed immediate lifesaving assistance

The woman in her 40s had warned her son that a US-backed alliance would wipe out Islamic State

The mother was being deported to France after being detained by the Turkish authorities close to the Syrian border

'We've forgotten what bread tastes like' 27-year-old Mohamed

Russia has stood firmly by its longtime ally, Assad since an uprising against his regime began in March 2011

SNC president Khaled Khoja will be in China from Tuesday to Friday will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Conflict and persecution drive the number of people forced to flee their homes to a record of more than 60 million

Asrawi, Bitar were headed to Saudi Arabia to join fellow members of opposition's supreme committee for negotiations

Abu Ziad's story of his dented, decades-old pickup truck which has been his sole source of income and also his home

Germany is the favoured destination for hundreds of refugees fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East

Two explosions caused by car bombs and a blast caused by a suicide attacker hit Al-Zahraa's main square

Backed by Saudi Arabia, Jaish al Islam was one of the most influential armed groups invited to opposition talks

The largest rebel faction in the area with thousands of fighters was targeted reportedly by Russian planes

18-year-old Malala and Muzoon, 17, pledged to campaign together for access to education for Syrian refugee children

Russian air strikes in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians and caused massive destruction in residential areas

The father of toddler Aylan Kurdi has made a Christmas appeal to the world

The militant group's losses include the strategically important town of Tal Abyad on Syria's border

Rescue workers say 43 dead and over a 150 people wounded in a busy market place in the heart of the city

UN has managed to broker sufficient cooperation in Security Council to garner unanimous vote in favour of a ceasefire