Syria

After reports of a "loud explosion" around the capital Damascus

Accuses the OPCW of politicisation just before a new probe of chemical attacks in Syria begins

Put together by experts at the request of Syrian medics working in the bloody eight-year civil war

Clashes in Idlib province in northwestern Syria kill at least 42

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for urgent de-escalation of the situation as Ramazan begins

Russia hands over the remains and personal effects of Zachary Baumel

Amnesty, Airwars spent 18 months researching civilian deaths including two months on the ground in Raqqa

Seeking an end to the conflict has killed more than 370,000 people and displaced millions since it began

Several buildings collapsed as a result of the blast which shook the city in Idlib province

Attack kills 4 men and wounds three policemen

The attack is linked to Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate

Aims to end the country's eight-year war

Two women and three children among the civilians killed

Claims they were against Iranian and Hezbollah targets

As the war against the militant group draws to a close

The Baron Hotel was once the fanciest in Aleppo, Syria's second city, visited by a long list of celebrated names

UN Security Council must take steps in accordance with UN Charter, international laws: FO

While IS has been stripped of the vast territory under its control, its ideology remains a threat

France has suffered a wave of militant-inspired terror attacks that have killed 250 people since 2015

Says it is time for the United States to fully recognise Israeli sovereignty

The SDF had been battling to capture Baghouz at the Iraqi border for weeks

Trump's Golan announcement likely to complicate long-awaited plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Denying reports the militant enclave had fallen

The two countries discuss 'coordination centre' to better manage their operations

Backed by the US-led coalition, the SDF renewed its assault on Sunday

After pausing offensive multiple times for thousands of dust-covered women, children and men to flee

Reema Iqbal and her sister Zara left east London for Syria in 2013

As US-backed forces press ahead with an offensive to crush holdout militants

IS faces defeat in Baghouz on the banks of Euphrates, but still holds remote pockets of land further west

SDF face landmines, car bombs, tunnel ambushes and suicide attacks

More than 10,000 people vacate Baghouz for SDF-held territory

As US-backed Syrian forces launch assault on last IS redoubt

A statement released by Kurdish authorities says they were men who "have no Syrian blood on their hands"

Arabian purebreds are one of the oldest horse breeds in the world

Around 20 children crossed the frontline on their own this week, including Iraqis, Syrians, Turks and Indonesians

SDF resumes their advance after plucking a last batch of civilians from Baghouz

As women arrive in droves at a screening point controlled by the US-backed SDF near the Iraqi border

The ordnance left behind by IS killed farmworkers who were heading to a region in the Hama province to pick truffles

After the Trump administration took the extraordinary step of declaring that she was not a US citizen

Says she regrets her turn to radicalism and wants to return home but Trump has personally intervened to block her

SDF working towards evacuating civilians so they can finish off the dying IS "caliphate" through surrender, assault

Hundreds of people including women and children trucked out of the last patch of IS territory

Shamima Begum, who travelled to Syria in 2015 and now wants to return to Britain

At least 17 people reportedly killed in twin explosions in al-Qusor neighbourhood in Idlib

Begum previously gave birth to two other children, but both died during her time in Syria

As the militants faced intermittent air strikes by the US-led coalition backing the SDF

Trump says there will be 'great announcements' about Syria over the next 24 hours

Washington struggles to convince allies to stay on in Syria after it leaves

Raises questions among NATO allies

Around 20 ministers including those from US, France, Britain, and Germany to take part in the meeting