Syria

Migrants typically pay 700 euros for the sea crossing to Europe, a fee that buys them space on a packed boat

Urges China, Russian to look beyond their national interests

The advert cautions that Denmark has decided to tighten the regulations concerning refugees in a number of areas

The problem will continue until the international community helps to find a diplomatic end to the conflict in Syria

The arrested man reportedly also confessed the group was behind attacks in Sweida city which killed 31 people

In a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu says Israel is 'not indifferent to the human tragedy' of refugees from Syria

Cameron says he was "deeply moved" by images of three-year-old Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi

The baby boy was taken to hospital on the nearby island of Samos, where he was pronounced dead

The two blasts, which occurred late on Friday, and ensuing violence killed a total of at least 37 people

The fighting centred on the town of Marea, a key rebel bastion that IS has been trying to capture for months

Donations are up 105 per cent, said a statement from the US-branch of UNICEF

Putin said the European migrant crisis was prompted by the atrocities of the Islamic State group, not by Assad

Viktor Orban tells refugees not to come as there is no guarantee if they will be accepted

Here's hoping humanity finds a cure for visas

Abdullah Kurdi collapsed in tears after emerging from a morgue in the city of Mugla near Bodrum in Turkey

Britain has taken in 216 people under a UN-backed relocation scheme for vulnerable Syrians

The EU is riven by frictions between transit nations where the migrants arrive by sea or land

Rebels entrenched in the hilly terrain around Latakia regularly fire rockets and other missiles into the city

Move comes following a Facebook campaign launched by famous author after govt announced to house only 50 refugees

Extremists have carried out sustained campaign of destruction against heritage sites in Syria and Iraq

Ceasefire in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border and two villages has broken down after renewed shelling

Syria's antiquities chief says placed a large quantity of explosives in the temple of Baal Shamin and then blew it up

34 civilians were killed in Saturday's attacks on Douma, among them 12 children and eight women

Syria's uprising morphed into a savage multi-front conflict has forced more than 4million people to flee the country

Israeli military source says strikes targeted militants who fired rockets into Israel on Thursday

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says blast in Qamishli killed 10 members of Kurdish forces and six civilians

10 of the dead were members of the Kurdish security forces and one was a civilian

The 16-point plan backs a peace initiative, set to begin in September, aiming to set up four working groups

Britain-based group says death toll has risen to 96 people, including at least two women and four children

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says preliminary information suggests most of the dead are civilians

Division 30 welcomes this move and hopes that they will also release the group's commander and other fighters

Turkey last month made a dramatic shift in policy, sending warplanes to attack the Islamic State in northern Syria

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 120 people were injured in raids and death toll may rise

Four people were killed and 58 others were wounded in residential neighbourhoods of Damascus

Moscow has called for coordination between the Syrian govt and the international coalition fighting the extremist group

United States has presented draft resolution to 15-member UN Security Council

Turkey says it is training and equipping the moderate Syrian opposition together with the United States

US says it will take action to defend the New Syria Force that it has trained and equipped

Most of the dead were civilians on the ground in an Idlib province's town, says UK-based Observatory for Human Rights

The militant group said Division 30 had coordinated with aircraft from US-led coalition to strike Al-Nusra positions

Britain-based monitor says group was returning from meeting in northern Aleppo province to their headquarters

Ankara's intervention in Iraq and Syria would "change the balance" in the region, says PM

Militant threat is high on political agenda in UK after a gunman killed 30 British tourists at a resort in Tunisia

Zur Maghar, which is controlled by Kurdish group, lies along border with Turkey

Father Paolo Dall'Oglio, who supported the uprising against President Bashar al Assad, had disappeared on July 29

Arrests were made following violent attacks against members of the public and the armed forces in recent days

The prime minister's office said that Turkey will take any necessary measures to protect national security

According to FAO and WFP's report, around 9.8 million people in Syria are estimated to be food insecure

Abdel Rahman says there are many people still stuck in the rubble, and ambulances are transporting people

Interior ministry describes blast as "terrorist attack" and vowed to find perpetrators and bring them to justice