Syria Conflict
"The air strike hit the family's home in the village of Dayr Sharqi in Idlib province, killing everyone inside."
Published 17 Aug, 2019 06:37pm
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said this was the first such incident since late April.
Updated 15 Aug, 2019 09:11am
Syria’s conflict has killed a total of more than 370,000 people.
Updated 14 Aug, 2019 08:48am
Ankara has stepped up threats in recent days to launch an offensive against the YPG.
Updated 08 Aug, 2019 08:27am
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it is unclear what had caused the deadly explosion at the Shayrat airbase.
Updated 04 Aug, 2019 08:57am
"I left Syria seven years ago," says Mohammad Hassan. "I don’t know anything about this country."
Updated 31 Jul, 2019 09:08am
In the southern province of Daraa, a suicide bomber blows himself up at a military checkpoint, killing six soldiers.
Updated 27 Jul, 2019 07:57pm
The government began its offensive against the rebel enclave in northwest Syria at the end of April.
Updated 27 Jul, 2019 08:51am
In Maaret al-Numan, men covered in blood were carried away from the market by residents and rescue workers.
Updated 23 Jul, 2019 10:10am
Syria’s civil war has killed more than 370,000 people and spiralled into a complex conflict since starting in 2011.
Updated 12 Jul, 2019 09:15am
The announcement follows talks between UN envoy Geir Pedersen and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem.
Updated 11 Jul, 2019 09:31am
Syria’s war has killed more than 370,000 people and displaced millions since it started in 2011.
Updated 07 Jul, 2019 09:12am
The corpses include those of people believed to have been executed by the militant Islamic State group.
Updated 04 Jul, 2019 08:29am
In Idlib, regime air strikes killed 10 civilians, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Updated 16 Jun, 2019 08:59am
The women and children are living among the dregs of the militant Islamic State group in the Kurdish-run Al-Hol camp.
Updated 03 Jun, 2019 08:47am
OIC endorsed a UN-backed proposal for a transitional governing body integrating opposition elements in Syria.
Updated 03 Jun, 2019 08:51am
Nine children were among the 21 killed in government fire, says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Updated 29 May, 2019 08:39am
"An Israeli missile targeted Tel al Shaar in Quneitra," a Syrian news agency says.
Updated 28 May, 2019 09:09am
Before IS arrived, Raqqa had more than 20 cultural centres, the largest housing 60,000 books.
Updated 13 May, 2019 08:42am
The death toll is 10 times the toll the coalition itself has acknowledged.
Updated 26 Apr, 2019 09:19am
Among those killed, 13 were civilians, says Britain-based war monitor.
Published 24 Apr, 2019 06:20pm
It is “the highest death toll among regime forces since the caliphate was declared defeated”.
Updated 20 Apr, 2019 10:10pm
Pedersen arrived in Damascus on Saturday, in his third official visit to the country since assuming his post in January.
Updated 15 Apr, 2019 08:43am
Veiled women carrying babies and wounded men on crutches hobbled out of the last militant village in eastern Syria.
Updated 07 Mar, 2019 09:37am
OPCW says there are “reasonable grounds that the use of a toxic chemical as a weapon has taken place on 7 April 2018."
Updated 02 Mar, 2019 11:35am
Syrian president expresses gratitude over Iran's help, Khamenei says "dangerous conspiracies" must be resisted.
Updated 26 Feb, 2019 10:21am
Militant IS group has been expelled from all territory it held except for a patch of Baghouz village.
Updated 20 Feb, 2019 10:45am
"This battle will be sealed in the coming days," says a spokesperson for Syrian Democratic Forces.
Published 09 Feb, 2019 09:56pm
“They are attempting to escape by intermixing with innocent women and children fleeing the fighting,” says US general.
Published 08 Feb, 2019 07:08pm
Resolution, adopted by a 70-26 vote, stresses US "faces threats" from terrorist groups in Syria and Afghanistan.
Updated 06 Feb, 2019 08:36am
