Syria

Turkish foreign minister also says Ankara backs Libya’s internationally recognised GGNA

Erdogan has threatened an "imminent" operation in Syria to end the regime's brutal assault on the last rebel enclave

Ordinary people of Syria continue to pay the price for the extended conflict

Recapturing the M5 will allow traffic to resume between war-torn Syria's main business hubs

Conflict has forced more than 580,000 people from their homes and onto the roads

Dr Amani Ballour has treated at least 1,000 children to date

Weeks of intensive aerial bombardment and a bruising ground offensive have emptied entire towns in Idlib

Turkey may launch a military operation in Idlib unless the fighting is halted

Nearby, three entire buildings had collapsed

Syrian government seeks to revive a moribund economy ravaged by almost nine years of war

Young people believe there would be a third world war in their lifetime, according to Red Cross survey

The camp is home to around 68,000 people who are reliant on humanitarian assistance, especially during winter

Netanyahu expresses support for the overnight US strike that killed General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad

Despite an August ceasefire deal and international calls for de-escalation, scores of civilians have been killed

Around 6.5 million people in Syria are food insecure, or lack access to sufficient nutritious food

The Damascus regime, which now controls 70 per cent of Syria, has repeatedly vowed to take back the area

Turkish observation point in the town of Morek was encircled by Syrian regime forces in August this year

The resolution won the suppourt of 13 council members

Ankara currently hosts 3.7 million Syrian refugees, the largest refugee population worldwide

No immediate claim of responsibility

Turkey in October launched a cross-border operation against Syrian Kurdish forces it views as terrorists

The war in Syria has killed more than 370,000 people and displaced millions since it erupted in 2011

Undermining a months-long ceasefire agreement brokered by Russia

According to Britain-based war monitor, death toll is likely to climb due to severity of some of the injuries suffered

The coalition has taken the initiative to facilitate in cooperation with WHO flights carrying people for medical care

Diplomats say that a compromise now appeared to be on the cards

Two men unload dozens of long metal poles from a small truck, stacking them on the ground

Three orphans from ISIS parents were handed over to British authorities on Thursday

As a missile fired by regime forces crashes near a maternity facility at a makeshift camp for the displaced

Despite reduction in violence about 2.1m children are out of school, 83% is living below the poverty line

Israeli army says they had targeted about a dozen military sites, including warehouses and military command centres

Operation has seen the Turkish army occupy a strip spanning some 120 kilometres (75 miles) of the border

As senior officials from more than 30 countries held a meeting in Washington

Turkey says it will also send some detained militants to Germany, Ireland, Denmark and France in the coming days

Says the numbers could fluctuate, if European allies strengthen their presence in the country

Minister says Turkey has nearly 1,200 foreign members of IS in custody, and captured 287 during recent Syria operation

A Turkish statement says both leaders confirmed their commitment to the Sochi agreement

US govt refuses to let Hoda Muthana return, argues that she is not an American citizen

Strike killed 12 people

Kurdish villagers have given a similar tough welcome to joint Russian-Turkish patrols in other locations

The goal is to allow the SDF to build up their strength on the de-ISIS campaign says spokesperson

Russian strike was the second of its kind in less than a week

It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal

The US sends additional soldiers, armored vehicles, heavy weapons, ammunition to region

Rasmiya Awad was accompanied by five children when she was captured in northern Syria

The blast came despite a truce last week to halt the Turkish assault

US army arrives in west of Syria’s northern province of Raqqa to rebuild military base

It follows an agreement they signed last week which gave Kurdish forces 150 hours to withdraw

Before joint Turkish-Russian patrols are due to start in areas near the Syrian border

After regime troops deploy along parts of Syria's NE border to help stave off the Turkish offensive