Syrian civil war
Syria Suspends Aleppo Evacuations, Blaming Rebels
The Syrian government has suspended the evacuation of civilians and fighters from eastern Aleppo, accusing rebels of...
Thousands Evacuated From East Aleppo
More than 3,000 people have been evacuated in buses and ambulances from a besieged rebel-held enclave in the Syrian...
One Killed As Aleppo Medical Convoy Comes Under Fire
Ambulances trying to evacuate people from rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday came under fire from fighters loyal to...
Aleppo Evacuation Deal Back On
A deal to evacuate the last rebel-held part of eastern Aleppo is back on, opposition fighters say, a day after a...
Aleppo Civilians Face Fresh Nightmare After Glimmer of Hope
In the last rebel-held pocket of Aleppo, residents were bidding a tearful farewell to their battleground city,...
UN Chief Warns of Aleppo ‘atrocities’
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced alarm "over reports of atrocities against a large number of civilians" in...
Turkish Army Urges Syrians To Seek Safety As Rebels Push On Al-Bab
The Turkish army has dropped leaflets on the Islamic State-held city of al-Bab in Syria urging civilians to seek...
IS Retakes Ancient Syrian City
The Islamic State (IS) group has retaken the Syrian city of Palmyra, hours after Russian air strikes appeared to have...
Stadium Blasts Kill 29 People
Two explosions near a football stadium in the heart of Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, have killed 29 people and...
Islamic State Fighters Re-Enter Ancient Palmyra In Syria
A look inside the ruins after they were recaptured from so-called Islamic State in March Islamic State group fighters...
Islamic State Fighters ‘re-Enter Ancient Palmyra’ In Syria
Islamic State group fighters have re-entered Palmyra, nine months after losing the ancient Syrian desert city,...
Thousands Flee To Western Aleppo As Syrian Army Takes Over
As the Syrian army continues to fight its way through the old city of Aleppo, the tide of those fleeing for their lives...
Russia Awards Medals To Dead and Wounded
The women were serving as medics at a field hospital in western Aleppo. A mortar struck the hospital on Monday. A...
Army ‘suspends Aleppo Fighting’
The move is to allow for the evacuation of civilians trapped in the battle zone. Mr Lavrov said some 8,000 people would...
Aleppo Battle: Victory In City Would Be ‘huge Step’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said a victory for his army in Aleppo would be a "huge step" towards ending the...
Syria Rebels ‘withdraw From Old City’
Syrian rebels have left the last areas they held in Aleppo's old city, while calling for a five-day truce to allow the...
Russia, China Vote Against Aleppo Ceasefire
Russia and China on Monday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Syrian...
7-Year-Old’s Twitter Goes Silent
Bana Alabed, a 7-year-old Syrian girl who captured the world's attention with heartbreaking Twitter posts about the...
Aleppo Defeat ‘not the End For Rebels’
The fall of rebel-held eastern Aleppo would not mean the end of the fight against President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian...