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Erdogan open to meeting Assad to restore Turkey-Syria relations
Turkish president severed ties after the 2011 civil war and supported rebels looking to oust Syrian counterpart
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Syria's Assad says US pressure, sanctions obstructing return of refugees
Syrian president says millions of refugees were being forced to stay in host countries by “pressure or intimidation”
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Trump says he wanted to kill Syria's Assad, but Mattis opposed
I considered him [Syrian president] certainly not a good person, but I had a shot to take him out, says US president
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Opposition says Syrian peace talks generally positive
Opposition co-chair says Syrian regime talked on sovereignty but tried to say they were not talking about constitution
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Assad regime demands $100 virus test to leave country
Social media users condemn new measure, as means to turn pandemic into opportunity for cash-strapped regime
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Chemical weapons watchdog tells Assad to lay down arms
Watchdog gives Assad regime 90 days to declare chemical weapons it possesses
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Assad regime claims Israel targeted Homs
Regime says it intercepted missiles fired by Israeli warplanes
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Russia air raids, regime strikes in Syria kill at least 21: monitor
As a missile fired by regime forces crashes near a maternity facility at a makeshift camp for the displaced
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US says Assad again used chemical weapons, vows action
As UN announces the formation of a committee to write a new Syrian constitution
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Hezbollah cut down its forces in Syria: Nasrallah
As fighting dies down though it still has fighters all over the country
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Syria negotiators in Kazakhstan for talks
Seeking an end to the conflict has killed more than 370,000 people and displaced millions since it began
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Militant attack kills 13 regime fighters in north Syria: monitor
The attack is linked to Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate
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Assad urges progress on Idlib deal ahead of Syria talks
Aims to end the country's eight-year war
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Newspaper banned for publishing article about Khamenei-Assad meeting in Iran
Syrian president paid a surprise visit to the Islamic republic since the start of conflict
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Turkey captures bombing suspect in Syrian regime heartland
Ankara an implacable foe of Assad throughout the seven-year Syrian conflict repeatedly call for his ouster
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'Zero' evidence Syria rebels will use chemical weapons: US official
Jim Mattis rebuffs suggestions that US may facilitate a chemical attack
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Despite tensions, Russia seeks US help to rebuild Syria
Rebuilding Syria will be a massive effort, costing at least $250 billion, according one UN estimate
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Israel predicts Assad back in charge, Syrian front likely to be quieter
Situation in Syria is returning to how it was before the civil war, says Israel's defense minister
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'Victory is near', Syrian president tells troops
Syrian troops are now mopping up the remaining pockets of rebel and extremists territory in the south
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Israel 'not ruling out' eventual ties with Syria's Assad
Assad’s Russia-backed forces advancing in Syria has stirred Israeli concern that he may try to deploy troops there
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President Assad's winning strategy can be traced on Syrian highway
Known as the International road, it begins in the country's industrial heart Aleppo
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Syria's Assad says still pursuing political solution for rebel-held south
Syria’s multi-sided conflict has drawn in a number of foreign powers
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For Putin, World Cup shows Russia cannot be caged by hostile West
32 teams will compete in the June tournament being hosted in Russia for the first time in World Cup history
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Assad says US will leave Syria, vows to retake SDF-held areas
Assad to recover areas of Syria held by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
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Syria regime retakes new region near Damascus
Rebels started leaving Eastern Qalamun on Saturday under an agreement
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Donors set to stump up billions for Syria
Some 6.1 million people are now internally displaced in Syria
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The weapons used to strike Syria
A look at the weapons and platforms used to conduct strikes against Syria after an alleged chemical attack
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Time for 'civilised nations' to unite to end Syria civil war: US Defense Secretary Mattis
Western allies defend bombardment, Trump calls them response to 'crimes of a monster'
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US weighs multinational military response to Syria attack: sources
Experts speculate that retaliatory strikes would focus on facilities linked to reports of chemical weapons attacks
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Thousands of Syrians flee raging assaults on two fronts
Syria's civil war this week entered its eighth year with a complex conflict that has killed more than 350,000 people
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Assad regime's blitz of eastern Ghouta in numbers
Onslaught has retaken 70 per cent of the area and killed nearly 1,260 civilians - a fifth of them children
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More than 350,000 dead: Syria's war in numbers
Killed include 106,390 civilians, of which 19,811 were children and 12,513 women, according to British observatory
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Pressure mounts to relieve 'hell on earth' in Syria enclave
UN Security Council expected to vote on resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire to allow deliveries of aid
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Syria's Ghouta a 'death sentence' for children under siege
Surge in pro-government air strikes has killed more than 210 people, including 54 children, in Damascus
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Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin attack
Finding bolsters Western claims that Assad’s government possesses, uses banned munition in violation of UN resolutions
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Syria opposition under pressure to accept Assad for now
Some in the opposition say flexibility on Assad's fate is not a viable option to break stalemate
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UN restarts Syria peace talks but Assad regime absent
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura has stressed the urgent need for progress towards a political solution
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Syrian opposition will stick to demand that Assad go at start of peace transition, say reports
Opposition HNC leader quit two days before meeting, government has recaptured all major cities
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Putin meets Assad ahead of Syria talks with Turkey and Iran
Kremlin said Monday's meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi came during a 'working visit' by Assad to Russia
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Syrian girl, who tweeted from Aleppo, documents horrors in new memoir
In 'Dear World', eight-year-old Bana Alabed delivers an unadulterated account of war through the eyes of a child
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Assad advisor says Syria war nearing its end
With help of Russia and Iran, Damascus has shored up its rule over much of the country's populated west
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Assad comments on chemical attack '100 per cent lies': French FM
Syrian president dismissed the allegation that his regime perpetrated the attack that left 87 civilians dead
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Trump gave Syria attack order 'during dessert'
Fifty-nine US missiles struck a Syrian air base in retaliation for Syria's alleged chemical attack
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Trump spokesperson sparks outcry by comparing Assad to Hitler
Sean Spicer defended the statement by saying it had been written in part by a Jewish staff member
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US strike wiped out fifth of Assad air force - Pentagon
Iran and North Korea have slammed Washington's retaliation and put it on a diplomatic collision course with Moscow
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G7 seeks broad support to isolate Syria's Assad
G7 efforts to build a united front against Assad comes just ahead of Tillerson's trip to Moscow
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Trump, May aim to convince Moscow to end Assad support
More than 320,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict erupted in March 2011
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Iran's Rouhani condemns 'flagrant US aggression' in Assad call, state TV says
Rouhani called on Saturday for an impartial investigation of this week's suspected chemical weapons attack
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Trump's UN envoy says ouster of al-Assad is a priority of US
Washington's first priority is the defeat of Islamic State
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US strikes on Syria: How the world reacted
Moscow said it would 'halt' its deal with the US to avoid clashes in Syrian airspace