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A media arm of the Islamic State group, shows people inspecting damage from airstrikes and artillery shelling in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the ISIS. (Photo: AP)

14 killed, 40 injured in ISIS bombing in East Syria

More than 320,000 people have been killed since Syria's conflict broke out in March 2011.

30 May 2017 1:24 PM

Syrian citizens and civil defense workers gathering next of burning car at the explosion scene, in Azaz town, north Syria. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

US air strike kills 80 relatives of ISIS terrorists, incuding 33 children in Syria

The latest strike came as the UN urged all nations bombing jihadist targets in Syria to distinguish between civilian and military targets.

26 May 2017 7:29 PM

The World Health Organization has called Syria the world's most dangerous place for health workers. (Photo: AP)

12 killed in northwest Syria strikes, field clinic damaged

A monitoring group said a first round of raids, which were likely carried out by Russian jets, targeted the village of Duwayleh in Idlib.

25 Apr 2017 3:06 PM

The reciprocal evacuations from two pro-government villages and two opposition-held towns was disrupted by a bombing on Saturday that killed more than 120 pro-government evacuees, mostly children. (Photo: AFP)

Syria evacuations resume after deadly bombing

The population exchange has been criticised by rights groups, which say it rewards siege tactics and amounts to forcible displacement.

19 Apr 2017 2:33 PM

According to Syrian opposition activist Omar Abu Laila 8 people were killed, including an Iraqi family of 4. (Photo: File/AP)

At least 10 civilians dead in air strike in eastern Syria: activists

Air strikes by the US-led coalition have killed many civilians over the past weeks as the battle against the extremists intensifies.

18 Apr 2017 1:13 PM

No one claimed responsibility for the attack but pro-government media and the opposition exchanged accusations, each pointing to foreign interference or conspiracies undermining the deal. (Photo: AP)

Blast kills at least 112 during Syria's population transfer

The bloody mayhem that followed the Saturday attack only deepened the resentment of the transfer criticised as population engineering.

16 Apr 2017 8:08 AM

The attack took place as thousands of evacuees from the besieged government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya waited to continue their journey to regime-controlled Aleppo. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Syria car bombing kills at least 24 evacuees

It was not immediately clear if rebels at the transit point were among the dead.

15 Apr 2017 9:23 PM

People suffer on Aleppo streets as evacuation deal halts. (Photo: AP)

Syrians stuck in and near Aleppo as evacuation deal halts

Residents of Madaya sat outside rows of coaches in a bus garage in government-held Aleppo, waiting to move onto Idlib.

15 Apr 2017 7:16 PM

A Saudi news website released photos of 10 of the Pakistanis at the hall, some dressed in women's clothes, as well as a box of rings. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Saudi Arabia should probe Pak transgender woman's death: HRW

The HRW said it confirmed the death by reviewing official documents and on assertions by a family member that she was tortured in custody.

13 Apr 2017 7:38 PM

The US missile attack has caused heavy damage to one of Syria's biggest and most strategic air bases, used to launch warplanes to strike opposition-held areas in central, northern and southern Syria. (Photo: AP)

US warplanes hit Syrian town again; 7 civilians dead

In Damascus, dozens of Syrian students gathered outside the UN offices to protest the US missile attack.

09 Apr 2017 8:29 AM

Colonel Ahmed Osman, of the Turkey-backed Sultan Murad rebel group said any action that will put an end to the regime is welcome. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Syria rebels call for continued US strikes against regime

The US attack on the Shayrat base in central Syria was Washington's first military action against the regime in the six-year civil war.

07 Apr 2017 2:27 PM

The Syrian Observatory said the chemical attack was carried out by warplanes believed to belong to the Syrian military. (Photo: AP)

Day after gas attack, warplanes launch fresh air strikes in Idlib area

The United States has blamed the chemical attack on Syrian government forces.

05 Apr 2017 2:06 PM

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in the town of Khan Sheikhun, in the central province of Idlib, had died from suffocation and the effects of the gas. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

86 killed in ‘toxic gas’ air strike in Syria, including 30 children

However, the Britain-based monitoring group was unable to confirm the nature of the substance.

04 Apr 2017 12:56 PM

The officials say Thursday's blast on the outskirts of the border town of Arsal burned a small truck that the five people were using. (Photo: AP)

Blast near border town of Arsal kills 2 Syrians, 3 wounded: Lebanese officials

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media.

30 Mar 2017 9:27 PM

UN official Rima Khalaf announced her resignation on Friday, saying the secretary general had asked her to withdraw a report in which she accused Israel of being an “apartheid state”. (Photo: YouTube)

UN official quits over ‘Israel apartheid’ report

Israel’s UN envoy Danny Danon and Washington’s ambassador to the world body, Nikki Haley, welcomed Khalaf’s resignation.

18 Mar 2017 10:59 AM

Rescuers earlier left the wreckage site but were forced to double back when they heard moaning coming from the debris. (Photo: Representational/AP)

US claims deadly north Syria strike, denies targeting mosque

Rescue workers struggled to pull survivors from rubble, dozens of residents were still unaccounted for.

17 Mar 2017 1:11 PM

21 children were killed in the bombing that took place on October 26. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Syrian army responsible for Idlib school bombing, 21 children killed: UN

The commission said the October 26 attack on the Haas village school complex in the rebel-held province of Idlib constituted a war crime.

15 Mar 2017 8:12 AM

Turkey-backed opposition fighters advance in an armoured personnel carrier outside the northern Syrian town of al-Bab during a drive to retake control from the Islamic State group on February 9, 2017 (Photo: AFP)

Syria crisis: 66,000 displaced in recent fighting

Many of those people sought refuge in areas around Manbij, a town controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

05 Mar 2017 1:46 PM

Syrian forces take up positions during fighting between Government forces and Islamic State group militants in the ancient city of Palmyra, near Homs, Syria. (Photo: AP)

Syrian army retakes town of Palmyra from ISIS

It was also the second blow for ISIS group in Syria in a week, after Turkish fighters seized the Syrian town of al-Bab on Feb 23.

03 Mar 2017 7:53 AM

A desert oasis surrounded by palm trees in central Syria, Palmyra is also a strategic crossroads linking the Syrian capital, Damascus, with the country’s east and neighbouring Iraq. (Photo: AP)

ISIS pulls back from Syria's Palmyra: monitor

ISIS had withdrawn to residential neighbourhoods in the east of the city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

02 Mar 2017 3:22 PM

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