Syria Conflict
US, France and Britain are finalising plans for an expected strike against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Updated 13 Apr, 2018 09:24am
“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.
Published 12 Apr, 2018 09:16pm
Opponents of unilateral US action call emergency closed-door UN meeting; UK also schedules emergency cabinet meeting.
Published 12 Apr, 2018 01:11pm
With renewed US military action seemingly imminent, both Washington and Moscow raised the rhetorical stakes.
Updated 12 Apr, 2018 12:58pm
Seven soldiers' bodies flown to Tehran for burial after Monday's strike which Syria, Russia and Iran blame Israel for.
Published 10 Apr, 2018 07:31pm
Syrian war-monitoring group says 14 people, including Iranians, killed in a missile attack early in the morning.
Published 09 Apr, 2018 03:13pm
France initiates the call, followed by the US, Britain, Kuwait, Sweden, Poland, Peru, the Netherlands and Ivory Coast.
Updated 09 Apr, 2018 08:56am
"President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad," tweets US president.
Published 08 Apr, 2018 11:18pm
First responders, known as White Helmets, report the attack, say entire families found suffocated in homes and shelters.
Updated 08 Apr, 2018 06:29pm
“Let the other people take care of it now. Very soon, very soon, we’re coming out."
Published 31 Mar, 2018 10:46am
Government forces hold 90 per cent area of Ghouta.
Published 26 Mar, 2018 09:34am
About 7,000 people would depart in the deal starting on Saturday morning, including fighters carrying light weapons.
Published 24 Mar, 2018 10:59am
The evacuation will likely pressure rebel groups in the remaining two pockets of Ghouta to accept similar deals.
Published 23 Mar, 2018 12:21am
44 people, mostly women and children, killed in one of the deadliest attacks in Damascus in the seven-year civil war.
Published 22 Mar, 2018 10:55am
The rocket fire by “terrorist groups” also wounded 23 people in the Jaramana area east of Damascus.
Published 20 Mar, 2018 10:42pm
Afrin is one of many fronts in the Syrian war which has left 350,00 dead and displaced millions of people since 2011.
Updated 18 Mar, 2018 04:44pm
Hundreds of families crammed into the back of trucks and tractor carts to leave the city via the only remaining exit.
Published 15 Mar, 2018 09:16pm
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 106,390 civilians have been killed in seven years.
Updated 12 Mar, 2018 05:41pm
The deaths bring the total toll from the government offensive to at least 1,102 civilians, according to SOHR.
Published 11 Mar, 2018 05:26pm
13 trucks loaded with 2,400 food parcels crossed into Eastern Ghouta, entering what has been called “hell on earth”.
Published 10 Mar, 2018 06:42pm
More than 340,000 people have been killed since then in a conflict the UN says caused the worst displacement since WWII.
Published 09 Mar, 2018 07:35pm
Syria's advance into the last major opposition enclave near the capital has left more than 640 civilians dead.
Published 04 Mar, 2018 10:15pm
More than 40 trucks loaded with aid were unable to reach the 400,000 people living in the battered enclave.
Published 02 Mar, 2018 02:46pm
The onslaught in the past 11 days has been one of the fiercest of the civil war, now entering its eighth year.
Updated 01 Mar, 2018 10:25am
Fresh violence mars first day of Syria enclave 'truce'.
Published 28 Feb, 2018 02:40pm
Moscow and Damascus blame rebels for the collapse of the truce.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 07:48am
The future of a ceasefire in a war-ravaged enclave near Damascus will depend on the rebels holed up there, says Kremlin.
Published 27 Feb, 2018 10:08pm
US spokesperson says Russia has the "power to stop Syrian operations" if the country wishes to abide by UN ceasefire.
Published 27 Feb, 2018 04:20pm
For five hours each day, "humanitarian corridors" will be opened in Eastern Ghouta to allow civilians to leave.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:04pm
At least 14 civilians including three children were killed in strikes on Sunday bringing death toll in the week to 530.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 02:50pm
