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Syrian army raises flag in Daraa, cradle of revolt
Assad is determined to oust rebels from a key southern region bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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Russia-backed govt onslaught displaces 270,000 in southern Syria
For nearly two weeks, regime forces and their Russian allies have battered rebel-held parts of southern Syria.
America has given up on toppling Assad: a moment that will go down in history
Already Russian missiles and Syrian bombs are embracing the countryside south and east of Deraa.
Families flee as govt forces, Russia pummel Syria’s south
Syrian forces have been battering rebel-held towns in Daraa for nearly a week, leaving at least 29 civilians dead.
Syrian Kurds rally to demand Turkey withdrawal
Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels seized the northwest Afrin region from Kurdish fighters in March.
Syria fight against IS in Damascus stalls, dozens dead: monitor
"IS is entrenched in tunnels and underground shelters and has been conducting counter-attacks since May 5," says SOHR.
What mysteries lie in the ruins of Damascus research centre
The bombed centre's rubble yields little proof of being the chemical warfare research centre that it's claimed to be.
Mostly Iranians among 26 killed in Syria missile attack: monitor
The attack appears to have been carried out by Israel, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.
French special forces sent to reinforce US-led operations in Syria: Mattis
“We are not withdrawing,” says the US Defence Secretary terming the operations "an ongoing fight".
Save Syria’s Idlib from fate of Aleppo, UN envoy pleads
Envoy urges world to prevent a fresh humanitarian disaster as officials warn aid funding running “desperately short”.
Syria probe mission on hold amid security fears
During a reconnaissance mission “the team came under small arms fire and an explosive was detonated,” says OPCW chief.
500 Syrian refugees begin returning home from Lebanon
Syrian government has provided 15 buses for refugees returning from Shebaa.
Putin predicts global chaos if West hits Syria again
Putin and Rouhani agree that the strikes have damaged the chances of achieving a political resolution in the conflict.
Syria: from 'chemical attack' to military strikes
A recap of events that began with a suspected gas attack and ended in retaliatory military strikes by the West in Syria.
West is hypocritical about chemical warfare in Middle East
How could Theresa May follow an American president who the world knows is crackers, insane, chronically unstable?
US, UK and France's attack on Syria draws ire from Assad, allies
Syria denounces Western attack as "barbaric", Russia calls for emergency UN session.
Military strikes on Syria are meant to deter Assad from chemical attacks, claims Trump
British PM Theresa May insists the attacks are not meant to "intervene in a civil war" or "regime change".
Syria strike: world powers weigh pros and cons
US, France and Britain are finalising plans for an expected strike against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Syria's ruined Ghouta unrecognisable to returnees
“I risked my life to come..I won't leave until I find my home...I want one look even if it's the last," says one woman.
As US-Russia tension mounts, UN warns against letting Syria crisis 'spiral' out of control
Opponents of unilateral US action call emergency closed-door UN meeting; UK also schedules emergency cabinet meeting.
‘Smart’ US missiles will hit Syria, Trump warns Russia in warlike tweet
With renewed US military action seemingly imminent, both Washington and Moscow raised the rhetorical stakes.
Iran says 7 dead in Syria strike will 'not go unanswered'
Seven soldiers' bodies flown to Tehran for burial after Monday's strike which Syria, Russia and Iran blame Israel for.
Syria blames Israel for deadly strikes on airbase
Syrian war-monitoring group says 14 people, including Iranians, killed in a missile attack early in the morning.
Urgent UN Security Council meeting sought on Syria gas attack
France initiates the call, followed by the US, Britain, Kuwait, Sweden, Poland, Peru, the Netherlands and Ivory Coast.
'Big price to pay after mindless Syria attack,' says Trump
"President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad," tweets US president.
40 killed in gas attack near Syrian capital: rescuers, medics
First responders, known as White Helmets, report the attack, say entire families found suffocated in homes and shelters.
Trump tells advisers he wants troops out of Syria
“Let the other people take care of it now. Very soon, very soon, we’re coming out."
Damascus’s ‘leave or die’ tactics force Syrians to flee rebel enclave
Government forces hold 90 per cent area of Ghouta.
Syrian rebels quit another stronghold in eastern Ghouta
About 7,000 people would depart in the deal starting on Saturday morning, including fighters carrying light weapons.
First rebels leave Syria enclave under Russian-brokered deal
The evacuation will likely pressure rebel groups in the remaining two pockets of Ghouta to accept similar deals.