Syria Conflict
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
There are no easy answers.
Published 09 Jan, 2019 11:42am
IS fighters took advantage of poor visibility to unleash suicide attackers on SDF forces in the Euphrates village.
Updated 09 Jan, 2019 10:05am
“I campaigned against the NEVER ENDING WARS, remember!” tweets US president.
Updated 01 Jan, 2019 06:18pm
Strike comes a day after Iraq’s government hinted at greater involvement for its armed forces in Syria.
Updated 01 Jan, 2019 12:47pm
Emirati flag has been raised again in Syria after nearly seven years.
Updated 28 Dec, 2018 09:52am
Trump says he has been assured by Turkey that remaining IS fighters in Syria will be eliminated.
Updated 24 Dec, 2018 09:49pm
McGurk reportedly says in his resignation letter that IS militants were in fact not defeated.
Updated 23 Dec, 2018 11:34am
Withdrawal plan will be discussed by the two countries in Washington next month, says Turkish FM.
Updated 22 Dec, 2018 08:50am
"The fight against terrorism is not over," France's European affairs minister says.
Published 20 Dec, 2018 02:03pm
An overview of the events since the US first launched the campaign in 2014.
Updated 20 Dec, 2018 12:32pm
"We've beaten them and now it's time for our troops to come back home," the US president says.
Updated 20 Dec, 2018 02:26pm
The move is supposed to kick off a viable political peace process.
Updated 20 Dec, 2018 11:25am
Russia launched air strikes in Syria in support of long-term ally President Bashar al-Assad in September 2015.
Updated 20 Dec, 2018 11:25am
Around 100 Syrians have been hospitalised with breathing difficulties after alleged chemical attack in Aleppo.
Published 25 Nov, 2018 07:42pm
Air strikes by US-led coalition kill over 40 in another IS pocket.
Updated 18 Nov, 2018 08:32am
Death toll includes five children under the age of 18.
Published 04 Nov, 2018 12:43am
