Russia has started to cut back its forces in Syria, beginning with an aircraft carrier group, Russian state news agency TASS reported Friday... READ MORE›
Water from rebel-held Wadi Barada, which supplies Damascus, has been cut off since 22 December... READ MORE›
Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura attends a news conference in Damascus, Syria November 20, 2016... READ MORE›
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he would now reduce Moscow's military contingent in Syria, which has been fighting to bolster the government since last year... READ MORE›
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem welcomed the cease-fire agreement said there is a real chance for a political settlement... READ MORE›
I call on the Syrian government, armed opposition, all countries involved to support these agreements... READ MORE›
The Syrian government described the cease-fire as a natural follow-up to the victories and successes that our armed forces accomplished, a clear reference to Aleppo... READ MORE›
Turkey's Erdogan has accused the United States of supporting terrorism in Syria, including Islamic State, comments that Washington has dismissed as ludicrous ... READ MORE›
President Putin said Russia will continue fighting international terrorism in Syria and supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad... READ MORE›
Russian President Vladimir Putin says an agreement has been reached on a countrywide ceasefire for Syria, with Russia and Turkey to act as guarantors... READ MORE›
Russia Turkey agree on nationwide Syrian ceasefire plan - Ankara -- RT News... READ MORE›
Truce, excluding areas where Assad forces are battling... READ MORE›
Russia has called a US decision to ease restrictions on arming Syrian opposition groups a hostile act that would directly threaten Russian military forces in Syria... READ MORE›
The Syrian government took back previously rebel-held eastern Aleppo last week after an intense battle that led to the displacement of tens of thousands of civilians... READ MORE›
The last buses carrying residents from eastern Aleppo left the city late Thursday night, according to the Syrian state news agency... READ MORE›
Ahmad Qarra Ali of the powerful Ahrar al-Sham rebel group said bad weather had caused delays... READ MORE›
Moscow says that Saudi Arabia should join efforts to find peace in Syria undertaken by Russia, Iran and Turkey, Vitaly Churkin, Russia's UN envoy, said... READ MORE›
Russia, Iran and Turkey Meet for Syria Talks, Excluding U.S... READ MORE›
Aleppo was once the largest city in Syria and was its industrial hub before the war... READ MORE›
Bana Alabed, the 7-year-old who has been tweeting her experience of living in Aleppo through Syria's civil war, has been evacuated safely outside the city... READ MORE›
The resolution calls on the United Nations to carry out adequate, neutral monitoring and report to the Security Council on their findings... READ MORE›
The United Nations envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said at least 50,000 people including 40,000 civilians were trapped in eastern Aleppo... READ MORE›
On Thursday, the UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said there were 50,000 people, including 40,000 civilians, unfortunate enough to live in eastern Aleppo... READ MORE›
Speaking from Washington, Kerry also accused Assad's allies, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, of aiding and abetting in the slaughter... READ MORE›
The evacuation of Syrian civilians and rebels from eastern Aleppo is continuing round the clock, as a truce was reported to be holding overnight... READ MORE›
Syrian state television reported later that two further convoys of 15 buses each had also left east Aleppo... READ MORE›
They drove through government-held districts to Rashideen, a rebel-held area outside Aleppo, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Syrian state media said... READ MORE›
Mohammed Abu Jaafar, head of forensics in eastern Aleppo, said eastern Aleppo residents felt duped... READ MORE›
Activists and rebels trapped in the opposition's last sliver of territory in Aleppo said pro-government forces had struck their district with dozens of rockets since mid-morning... READ MORE›
Mohammed Abu Jaafar, head of forensics in eastern Aleppo, said eastern Aleppo residents felt duped... READ MORE›
While pro-government forces were moving in, United Nations officials said they were receiving multiple reports of execution-style killings... READ MORE›
Syrians leave a rebel-held area of Aleppo towards the government-held side during an operation by Syrian government forces to retake the embattled city Dec. 13, 2016... READ MORE›
The Syrian government has established control over east Aleppo... READ MORE›
The Syrian Red Crescent said the convoy had been making a routine delivery from Aleppo to rural rebel-held areas... READ MORE›
Accusations centre on widespread use of bunker-busting and incendiary bombs on civilians in rebel-held eastern Aleppo... READ MORE›
The Syrian government has established control over east Aleppo... READ MORE›
Air strikes continue pummelling rebel-held Aleppo as Syrian president says taking city is key to capturing other areas... READ MORE›
At the present rate of bombardment of eastern Aleppo, De Mistura said the city would be totally destroyed by December... READ MORE›
In the wake of the Syrian military declaration, US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed annoyance at Damascus and Moscow's handling of the ceasefire... READ MORE›
Mr Lavrov said Russia had informed the Syrian government about the arrangements and the Syrian government was ready to fulfil them ... READ MORE›
Scores killed in intensifying Aleppo air strikes as UN Security Council members denounce Russia for role in Syria war... READ MORE›
The Right Livelihood Award Foundation cited the White Helmets, also known as Syria Civil Defence, for outstanding bravery, compassion and humanitarian engagement in rescuing civilians... READ MORE›
The discussions demonstrated a huge divergence of opinions and views on the realities in Aleppo and the Syrian crisis as a whole... READ MORE›
Turkey backs the Syrian anti-government fighters and has been acting as a mediator in the meetings... READ MORE›
Following the collapse of a short-lived, US-and Russia-brokered ceasefire, Syrian forces pounded rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Sunday... READ MORE›
UN Eastern Aleppo residents at risk of mass starvation... READ MORE›
The jihadist group, Islamic State, has also been accused by the UN of waging a campaign of fear in northern and eastern Syria... READ MORE›
If Aleppo continues to be torn apart, the prospects for Syria are doomed, Kerry said... READ MORE›
Syria's army had declared the initial ceasefire period over on Monday, hours before the attack on the convoy... READ MORE›
As the war of words unfolded in New York, Aleppo's rebel-held eastern neighborhoods were being shaken by the most ferocious aerial attacks there in recent memory... READ MORE›
The United States wants Assad out, while Russia and Iran support the Syrian leader... READ MORE›
Lavrov said he hoped the ceasefire would lead to the prompt resumption of negotiations over Syria's political future... READ MORE›
The United States has blamed Russia and the Syrian government, which have denied involvement... READ MORE›
Call by US secretary of state comes as the number of Iran-backed Shia militias battling Sunni rebels in Aleppo swells... READ MORE›
We know France has been pushing for a war crimes investigation in to Syrian government and Russia's aerial bombardment... READ MORE›
Fighter jets had roared into the skies over east Aleppo, ending several days of relative calm with a barrage of bombs... READ MORE›
Offensive to retake western Aleppo city from the Syrian government has killed at least 74 civilians,... READ MORE›
The delay in aid deliveries has also frustrated the U.S.-backed opposition, which has criticized the United Nations for seeking approval from the Syrian government... READ MORE›
But he said United Nations relief trucks bound for Aleppo, lined up at southern Turkey's border with Syria, had not received assurances of safe travel... READ MORE›
U.S. broadens Syria talks after failure of truce deal with Russia... READ MORE›
Elsewhere in Aleppo province, Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels were shelling the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces coalition in several villages... READ MORE›
Damascus has given a green light for convoys to 25 of 29 besieged and hard-to-reach areas across Syria, they said... READ MORE›
A Syrian military source told AFP regime forces had no intention of letting up on rebel-held areas... READ MORE›
Until now failure has been the sum total of talks on ending the Syrian war... READ MORE›
The hotel is deemed the safest place for UN personnel to stay in the Syrian capital... READ MORE›
In a statement issued Saturday, the Free Syrian Army congratulated the Turkish government for the victory of the Turkish people and the government they elected... READ MORE›
Besides the Daraya delivery, a United Nations convoy also was permitted to take food to Douma, another rebel-held town... READ MORE›
The request, which is likely to be relayed to the Syrian government this weekend, followed a closed-door meeting of the security council in New York... READ MORE›
Moreover, the officials said, it would be necessary for security reasons for any airdrops to have the consent of the Syrian government... READ MORE›
Ban urged the security council to refer the situation in Syria to the international criminal court... READ MORE›
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia could scale up its military presence in Syria again within hours and would still bomb terrorist group... READ MORE›
Russia can make powerful Syria military comeback in hours Putin... READ MORE›
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