CLASHES IN SYRIA'S DAMASCUS AFTER SURPRISE REBEL ATTACK

The ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham rebel faction said fighters had liberated the area... READ MORE›

The figures from the monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, put the total number of dead in the conflict as of Wednesday at 206,603... READ MORE›

AIR STRIKES KILL 10 IN SYRIA'S EASTERN GHOUTA

The assault took place in the Eastern Ghouta region, which has been partially besieged by the Syrian government since 2013... READ MORE›

AID FOR SYRIA STUCK WITH RISING VIOLENCE UNDERMINING TRUCE

The Syrian military said rebels had attacked military positions east of the city... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE BATTLES INSURGENTS AS SYRIA ARMY PREPARES ASSAULT

Gains by Islamic State north of Aleppo would threaten the supply lines of rival rebels inside the city which is divided between insurgents and government forces... READ MORE›

DAMASCUS SEES FIERCE CLASHES AFTER REBEL ATTACK

Last Wednesday, at least 31 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at the main court complex in the centre of Damascus... READ MORE›

'NO MIRACLES' IN GENEVA TALKS AS SYRIA FIGHTING RAGES

In Syria, rebels were advancing in Hama province, as part of their biggest offensive against government forces in months... READ MORE›

CLASHES IN DAMASCUS AFTER REBELS TUNNEL INTO GOVERNMENT-HELD AREAS

The clashes centred on a government-held gap between two besieged opposition enclaves, the Jobar and Qaboun neighbourhoods... READ MORE›

SYRIAN ARMY POUNDS REBEL AREAS NEAR DAMASCUS AFTER RUSSIAN BROKERED TRUCE

The army has not commented on the latest Russian agreement with Failaq al Rahman whom it considers a terrorist group that threatens the capital... READ MORE›

SYRIAN ARMY AND REBELS FIGHT FIERCELY IN NORTHEAST DAMASCUS

A Syrian military source said on Monday that the army had recaptured all the positions it had lost on Sunday... READ MORE›

AIR RAIDS ON EAST DAMASCUS AFTER REBEL ASSAULT

Syrian government jets bombarded opposition-held neighbourhoods of Damascus on Monday a day after opposition forces launched a surprise assault... READ MORE›

AID CONVOYS STILL STUCK AS FIGHTING SHAKES SYRIA TRUCE

Syrian state media said rebels violated the ceasefire by shelling government-held areas in the eastern Damascus neighborhood of Qaboun, wounding three people... READ MORE›

SHELLS HIT RUSSIAN EMBASSY COMPOUND IN SYRIA

Yrian state media say shells have hit the Russian embassy in Damascus causing material damage... READ MORE›

GENEVA TALKS RESUME AS FIGHTING RAGES IN HAMA, DAMASCUS

In Syria, rebels were advancing in Hama Province, as part of their biggest offensive against government forces in months... READ MORE›

AFGHAN ASYLUM SEEKERS FORCED TO LIVE ON JAKARTA'S STREETS

Asylum seekers from Afghanistan are being forced to live on the streets of the Indonesian capital, because of a lack of humanitarian aid... READ MORE›

PENTAGON: U.S.-TRAINED FIGHTERS HAVE NOT JOINED FORCES WITH AL-QAEDA

Lloyd Austin III, the Centcom commander, said fewer than five U.S.-backed fighters were then in Syria... READ MORE›

'MY CHILDREN DON'T WANT TO KNOW THEY'RE SYRIAN'

We provide services to refugees and asylum seekers from many different countries Kurds, Eritreans, Sudanese, Syrians... READ MORE›

DOG SAVES CHILDREN S LIVES DURING ROAD RAGE SHOOTING

"Palestinian refugees have more experience than the Syrians," Georges Talamas, an organizer with Basma wa Zaytouna, said wryly... READ MORE›

TURKISH AND KURDISH FORCES CLASH IN NORTHERN SYRIA, TENSIONS RISE

Mounting tensions between Kurdish and Turkish troops in northern Syria have threatened to open a new front in the country's complex war... READ MORE›

WILL THE US MISSILE STRIKE BE THE TURNING POINT IN SYRIA'S SHIFTING WAR?

Another condition favouring opposition forces is the current vacuum in Syria's sparsely populated Badiya desert region, resulting from the ongoing battle for Raqqa... READ MORE›

FIERCE FIGHTING IN SYRIA AS TALKS RESTART IN GENEVA

An already-fragile ceasefire has deteriorated further in recent days after rebels launched two surprise offensives on government positions in Damascus and central Hama province... READ MORE›

CHILD SOLDIERS STRUGGLE TO REINTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY

Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris reports from the capital, Monrovia... READ MORE›

FRANCE: TRUMP AND MACRON DISCUSS SYRIA'S FUTURE

How Brazil's worst environmental disaster changed the lives of indigenous Krenak tribe on the banks of the Rio Doce... READ MORE›

SOUTH AMERICAN LEADERS OFFER TO MEDIATE VENEZUELA CRISIS

A century after Bolshevik revolution, Russia is seen as champion for belligerent nationalism across the globe... READ MORE›

CLASHES NEAR DAMASCUS THREATEN SYRIA'S FRAGILE CEASE-FIRE

Syrian troops and anti-government rebels battled in the Damascus suburb of Jobar, an area already devastated by the five-year conflict... READ MORE›

BLOG: LIFE AND WAR BEHIND THE SYRIAN FRONTLINE

Most soldiers live on the frontline including the commanding officer, Colonel Ahmed Zarqa... READ MORE›

CLASHES IN SYRIAN CAPITAL AFTER SURPRISE REBEL ASSAULT

They targeted government forces with two car bombs and several suicide attackers, Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said... READ MORE›

CHINA PRESIDENT TO ATTEND HONG KONG 20TH ANNIVERSARY AMID PROTEST

President Xi Jinping is scheduled to attend celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return from British to Chinese rule... READ MORE›

HEAVY SHELLING RISKS FRAGILE SYRIAN TRUCE

Beirut Rebels and government forces have engaged in heavy shelling across frontlines on the outskirts of Damascus, testing Syria's fragile truce... READ MORE›

RUSSIA US SEEK TO PROLONG SYRIA TRUCE BUT AID BLOCKED

Moscow said on Friday the Syrian army had withdrawn from the road but returned its troops there after they came under fire from rebels... READ MORE›