Bashar al Assad

Last month, a process sponsored by regime ally Russia and rebel backer Turkey saw the start of a truce

Strangers threatened him, car windows were smashed and he faced repeated demands to apologize to Assad on television

Moroccan authorities arrested five people for celebrating Russian Ambassador's killing, on social media.

fighting focused on Baseimeh village at the edge of the valley where the army and its allies are pushing to advance

Trump had never linked the resolution of the Syrian crisis to the removal of President Bashar al-Assad

Evacuation of Aleppo's last rebel enclave would end years of fighting for the city and mark a major victory for Assad

Syrian President says it is unclear if the U.S. President-elect would carry through on those promises

Syrian president says the US president-elect made promising comments on the need to battle militants

The UN wants to use the four-day pause to evacuate hundreds and to make food and aid deliveries, says official

Asma believes the offer 'to run from Syria' was a deliberate attempt to shatter people's confidence in their president

'This is not a decision that was taken lightly,' State Department spokesman John Kirby

Two UN agencies had partnered up with the Syria Trust charity, spending a total of $8.5 million

Syrian president joined worshippers at Al Safa mosque in Akrama, a neighbourhood which has been hit by IS, al Qaeda

The cable calls for targeted military strikes against the Syrian government

Death toll from bombings claimed by the Islamic State hits 154

Riyadh has been a key supporter of rebels fighting to overthrow the Damascus regime of President Bashar al Assad

The fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is crucial to the next round of talks, currently beginning in Geneva.

Not a truce as such, but a pause for humanitarian efforts to relieve some of the worst of the civilian suffering