SYRIA'S SHAKY CEASEFIRE CONTINUES TO CRUMBLE

The seven-day ceasefire is supposed to end at midnight Sunday, according to a Syrian army statement issued last week... READ MORE›

SYRIA: THE STORY OF THE CONFLICT

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›

PUTIN CANCELS FRANCE TRIP AMID RIFT OVER SYRIA

Growing anger over the Russia-backed onslaught on rebel-held areas of Aleppo had led Paris to reconsider whether to host Putin on October 19... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE KILLS AT LEAST 145 CIVILIANS IN SYRIA'S KOBANI

The Islamic State fighters were reported to have entered the town disguised as members of the YPG and Syrian rebel groups... READ MORE›

CODING CLASSES OPEN NEW DOORS FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES

Run by ReBootKamp, a Silicon Valley-based nonprofit specialising in education, it provided around 15 refugees and 15 Jordanians with intensive training... READ MORE›

FIGHTING INTENSIFIES IN SYRIA'S DERAA

The opposition fighters are drawn from both moderate Free Syrian Army groups and members of a newly formed alliance... READ MORE›

PARTIAL CEASEFIRE DEAL REACHED IN SYRIA, IN TRUMP'S FIRST PEACE EFFORT

The recent history of the Syrian civil war is littered with ceasefires and it would be nice ..... READ MORE›

'EVERYONE WANTS TO LEAVE': DEATH OF HOPE DRIVES YOUNG SYRIANS TO EUROPE

'Everyone wants to leave' death of hope drives young Syrians to Europe... READ MORE›

RUSSIA: SYRIAN SAFE ZONES PLAN COMES INTO EFFECT

Yet, the de-escalation zones agreement was not signed by the Syrian government, nor the opposition... READ MORE›

REGIONAL POWERS AGREE ON SYRIA 'DE-ESCALATION ZONES'

Russia, Iran and Turkey have signed a deal calling for the setup of so-called de-escalation zones in war-torn Syria during talks in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana... READ MORE›

SYRIA OPPOSITION CALLS FOR RUSSIAN BACKING IN GENEVA

'Catastrophic humanitarian situation' Hariri's comments came on the heels of the opposition's second meeting with de Mistura in Geneva... READ MORE›

CEASEFIRE IN SYRIA'S SOUTHWEST LARGELY HOLDS

Frontlines across three provinces in southwest Syria have remained mostly quiet nearly 24 hours after an internationally brokered ceasefire took effect, according to a UK-based monitor... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT FORCES TARGET REBELS IN SYRIAN CITIES

The Syrian government has launched attacks on rebel-held areas around several cities, including Homs and Damascus suburb, according to opposition activists and a monitor... READ MORE›

AT LEAST SEVEN KILLED IN A SERIES OF ATTACKS IN JORDAN

Later in June, Islamic State militants executed a truck-bombing, killing seven Jordanian soldiers stationed near a makeshift refugee camp along the Jordanian-Syrian border... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE ATTACKS SYRIAN ARMY AND KURDS IN TWIN ASSAULT

Islamic State fighters were battling Kurdish forces in the town itself... READ MORE›

SYRIA'S SEVEN-DAY CEASEFIRE TAKES EFFECT BUT VIOLENCE ERUPTS WITHIN HOURS

Opposition groups were reportedly meeting in various parts of Syria on Monday night... READ MORE›

ISIS ATTACKS AREAS HELD BY SYRIAN ARMY AND KURDISH MILITIA

In a separate offensive, rebel groups attacked Syrian government-held areas of Deraa city in the south, the observatory said... READ MORE›

ANATOMY OF A 21ST CENTURY CONFLICT

September, 2013 UN weapons inspectors conclude that chemicals were used in an attack on the Ghouta area of Damascus in August which killed about 300 people... READ MORE›

SYRIAN WAR SEEN DISPLACING A MILLION MORE THIS YEAR

El Hillo said We have 4.8 million people in hard to reach areas in Syria... READ MORE›

ASSAD'S MARCH EAST COMPOUNDS WEST'S SYRIA DILEMMA

A Western-backed Syrian rebel with detailed knowledge of the area said Deir al-Zor would be a tough prospect... READ MORE›

SYRIAN ARMY, BACKED BY IRANIAN FIGHTERS, ADVANCE SOUTH OF ALEPPO

Syrian army, backed by Iranian fighters, advance south of Aleppo monitor... READ MORE›

HUNGARIAN POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS AT MIGRANTS NEAR BORDER WITH SERBIA

It's been very very difficult said Odei a Syrian migrant from Deraa once he reached Hungary... READ MORE›

TIDE TURNS IN SYRIAN WAR WITH CAPTURE OF KEY TOWN

Deraa, the scene of the earliest protests against the Syrian government in 2011, contains routes crucial to both the Syrian army and rebel fighters... READ MORE›

IN MOSCOW, SYRIAN MINISTER SAYS RUSSIA PROMISES AID

In moscow syrian minister says russia promises aid... READ MORE›

Syria's official news agency SANA said on Thursday that terrorists fired 11 of the improvised bombs in the southern city of Deraa, wounding several civilians... READ MORE›

SYRIAN ARMY, BACKED BY IRANIAN FIGHTERS, ADVANCE SOUTH OF ALEPPO

Syrian army, backed by Iranian fighters, advance south of Aleppo monitor... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE LAUNCHES TWO SUICIDE ATTACKS ON U.S.-BACKED SYRIAN REBELS

Islamic State-affiliated Amaq news agency said two suicide attacks were conducted by its fighters near Tanf on positions of Syrian groups supported by America... READ MORE›

SYRIAN ARMY AND ALLIES STEP UP BOMBING OF REBELS IN DERAA CITY

The Syrian government's strategic goal is to open a direct route from Damascus to the Jordanian border... READ MORE›

HOW THE WEST FAILED TO FACTOR IN ASSAD'S IRANIAN BACKERS AS THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR DEVELOPED

But, every time Assad speaks, he shrewdly begins with praise for the martyrs of the Syrian army... READ MORE›

OBAMA URGES RUSSIA TO STOP BOMBING 'MODERATE' SYRIA REBELS

The bombardment killed two YPG fighters, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights... READ MORE›