Syrian conflict

The 97 fighting groups in Syria as of midnight local time on February 26 have agreed to “a cessation of hostilities”

Russian Deputy FM said the ceasefire agreement "can contribute to a turning point" in the five-year war

'HNC confirms agreement of Free Syrian Army factions and armed opposition to temporary truce from midnight Saturday'

Car bomb targets people outside shrine of Bibi Zainab (RA) in Damascus

Car bombing and two suicide attacks ripped through the area of the Sayyida Zeinab shrine

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says most of those killed appeared to be civilians

Assad said the support of his Russian and Iranian allies had been "essential" in the recent major advances made

Russia's envoy to UN asks Syrian president to respond over his vow to retake all of Syria

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

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Jubeir tells a press conference in Riyadh that previous efforts to prop up Assad, including by Iran, had "failed"

US Secretary of State stresses this was crucial moment in a five-year war that has claimed more than 250,000 lives

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They also agreed to immediately "accelerate and expand" humanitarian aid to the war-torn country

CIA believes that the IS group has the ability to make small amounts of mustard or chlorine gas for weapons

Russian prime minister says US and Russia must exert pressure on all sides in conflict in order to secure a ceasefire

The US-led coalition has waged a separate air campaign against IS since September 2014

What to do with illegal immigrants has become an issue within an issue

Defence ministry says officer was training Syrian soldiers in use of new weapons when he was fatally wounded on Monday

US Secretary of State John Kerry's strongly worded remarks come hours after peace talks were suspended

Syria is home to the defining conflict of our age and for that reason, the talks are vital to all

Rights group claims 70% of more than 1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon are living well below local poverty line

Syrian government "wants to put an end to bloodshed," Damascus's UN envoy Bashar al-Jaafari told reporters in Geneva

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the bombings

Iran is strongest ally of President Bashar al-Assad, while European countries back his mainly Sunni Muslim opponents

State TV says pro-government forces have recaptured rebel-held town of Rabiya in western coastal province of Latakia

24-year-old is suspected of attack during Syria's civil war against a UN peacekeeping mission personnel

Deal was made to defend sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of Russian Federation and Syrian Arab Republic

I don't think history will forgive Obama, says Riad Hijab

Over the past 48 hours, more than 120 air strikes by Russian warplanes targeted Salma and its outskirts

Last month, actors Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher announced a $1 million donation to two charities working in Syria

Assistance will enter Madaya, blockaded by regime, and two Syrian towns under rebel siege, Fuaa and Kafraya

UN-sponsored roadmap for resolving Syrian crisis is in danger of becoming serious fatality of Saudi-Iran stand-off

The strikes hit an Al-Nusra Front building, which lies near a popular market in Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province

Jaysh al-Islam says Iran was threatening security of region by exporting criminal militias

At least one of the blasts was caused by a suicide bomber

The arrest comes less than a week after army claimed responsibility for the killing of rebel Chief Zahran Alloush

11 air strikes hit seven Islamic State tactical units as well as a building used by the group

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Turkish president blasts Russia & Iran as well as IS & Syrian Kurdish fighters for "massacring people" in Syria

The plan is the result of nearly two months of strenuous efforts among top diplomats from 17 countries

Deal fell through after a top rebel commander, Zahran Alloush, was killed in an air strike on Friday

King Salman officially inaugurated a new session for the consultative body earlier on Wednesday

UN has managed to broker sufficient cooperation in Security Council to garner unanimous vote in favour of a ceasefire

The Syrian military has since mid-October recaptured several areas in the north of the country from rebels

The base would now become "the launching point to strike Daesh bases in eastern parts of Aleppo province"

Kerry has already held talks with his usual sparring partner Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

United Nations aid chief says this is tragic reminder of urgency of finding political solution of conflict

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says rockets fired by regime forces rained down on the opposition-held Douma

Attack comes days after hundreds of rebels and civilians were evacuated from the city after a deal with Syrian regime