A new nationwide ceasefire between Syrian government forces and rebel groups appears to be largely holding. However isolated clashes have been reported since the truce, brokered by Russia and Turkey,...
A nationwide ceasefire between Syrian government forces and rebel groups has come into effect. The truce, brokered by Russia and Turkey, which will act as guarantors, began at midnight (22:00 GMT)....
The Syrian government and rebel groups have agreed to a ceasefire from midnight (22:00 GMT) across the country, followed by peace talks. The deal was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin and...
Russian jets stepped up strikes on several towns in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province and rural Aleppo two days after the evacuation of rebels from their last pocket in the northern city of Aleppo,...
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to establish a special team to "collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence" as well as to prepare cases on war crimes and human rights abuses...
Clashes between Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and ISIL fighters have intensified around the northern Syrian town of Al-Bab, resulting in the deaths of 14 Turkish soldiers, the military's highest...
The relations between unpredictable allies, Russia and Turkey, appear to have deteriorated in the past few years. The relationship between Moscow and Ankara have deteriorated since the Turkish Air...
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for UN officials and others to monitor the mass evacuations from rebel-held east Aleppo and the safety of civilians still there. Some 13,000...
Karlov was speaking at an exhibition in the capital when he was shot in the back by unidentified man The Russian ambassador to Ankara, Andrei Karlov, has been shot and seriously injured while...
The Russian ambassador to Ankara, Andrei Karlov, has been shot and seriously injured while visiting a photo gallery in the Turkish capital. Several other people were reportedly also injured in the...
With Russia's backing, the United Nations Security Council on Monday voted to quickly deploy UN observers to Aleppo to monitor evacuations and report on the fate of civilians who remain in the...
Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city. At least 350 people reportedly left rebel enclaves late on Sunday, heading towards other...
Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city, a UN official says. At least 350 people have reportedly left rebel enclaves in convoys,...
Gunmen attacked police patrols in the historic southern Jordanian city of Karak Sunday, killing five people, including a Canadian female tourist and four police officers, according to Jordanian...
Several buses sent to transport the sick and injured from two government-held villages in Syria’s Idlib province have been burned by rebels. It has thrown the latest efforts to evacuate besieged...
Several buses en route to transport the sick and injured from two government-held villages in Syria’s Idlib province have been burned by rebels. It has thrown the latest efforts to evacuate...
A car bomb killed 13 soldiers and wounded 56 when it ripped through a bus carrying off-duty military personnel in the central Turkish city of Kayseri on Saturday, an attack President Tayyip Erdogan...
France has presented a UN Security Council draft resolution on sending observers to Aleppo to monitor evacuations and report on the protection of Syrian civilians, according to the text obtained...
A new deal has been reached to allow the evacuation of several besieged enclaves in Syria, the government and rebels say. Thousands of civilians and rebels are hoping to leave east Aleppo after rapid...
The evacuation of thousands of refugees from the besieged city of Aleppo has stopped and the status of the operation thrown into doubt, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday. Red...
