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Syria war endgame: Russian peace plan calls for elections including Assad and opposition groups
Plan proposes constitutional reform and presidential election in which President Assad can take part.
Syria: Claims Russian air strikes hit Raqqa hospital
Russia started attacking Syria at the end of September to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Syria conflict: Iran threatens to withdraw from peace talks amid tension with Saudi Arabia
Tehran accuses Riyadh of playing 'unconstructive and negative' role in negotiations.
Syria: Assad's forces fire missiles into Douma market, killing at least 40 [Photo report]
Syrian government forces fired a barrage missiles into a busy market in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus.
Syria conflict: UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls for compromise to end civil war
Plea comes as powers backing rival factions in conflict meet in Vienna.
Syria conflict: US to step up efforts to end civil war 'hell' as Iran enters talks
John Kerry says the international negotiations in Vienna crucial to reach a political solution.
Isis conflict: Saudi Arabia reaffirms commitment to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Saudi foreign minister says political solution to Syrian crisis edging 'closer'.
Donald Trump thinks world would be safer if Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were in power
Trump had earlier expressed discontent over the US' policy towards Syria.
Syrian rebels reject Russia's offer to mediate
Syrian rebel group Free Syrian Army rules out any cooperation with Moscow before it stops bombing.
Syria: Putin says Assad 'fine' with Russian support for anti-ISIS rebels
Russian President sheds light on his discussion with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad.
Bashar al-Assad's Moscow visit angers US as Vladimir Putin takes centre stage in Syria
Vladimir Putin's increasing attempts to position himself as a vital power-broker in the Middle East continue.
Syria: Russian warplanes hit field hospital, killing 13 people
13 people, including medical staff, were killed after a hospital in Idlib was hit by Russian air strikes.
Syria: Bashar al-Assad visits Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss 'anti-terror' strategy
Syrian president holds talks with Kremlin leader as Russian fighter jets bomb rebel groups in Syria.
Lucas Kinney: Hollywood movie director's son is first white Briton to join al Qaeda's Syrian ranks
The 26-year-old's mother fears that her son could be killed in an airstrike or might become a suicide bomber.
Syria: Al-Qaeda offers €3m bounty for Bashar al-Assad and urges attacks on Russia
Russian embassy in Damascus shelled after Nusra Front leader al-Golani releases threatening audio message.
Russia in Syria: EU worried about 'dangerous' aerial bombing campaign
Federica Mogherini warned air strikes designed to support Assad could also deepen the conflict.
Russian intervention in Syria a 'game changer' says EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini
Russian intervention potentially 'extremely dangerous' warns Mogherini.
Isis: EU demands end to Russian attacks on Syrian opposition as Moscow fuels Baghdadi injury rumours
EU Council expresses concern at Russian intervention in support of Bashar al-Assad.
Syria: Britain 'flexible' on manner of Assad departure [Video]
Opinion will be split at meeting of foreign ministers discussing Assad's future.
Russian jet 'shot down' by Turkish forces after entering Turkish air space
A Russian jet has reportedly been shot down by Turkish forces after it strayed into the country's airspace.
US and Russia to hold talks on air safety over Syrian operations
Talks to focus on co-ordination of aircraft movements in Syrian conflict zone.
US scraps $500m training scheme for Syrian rebels
News comes after series of setbacks for training scheme.
'I have nothing left' says a Syrian man decrying Russian air strikes [Video]
A man stands amid rubble in an amateur video said to have been shot in Latamna, Syria.
Syria: Photos show rebel-held areas hit by Russian air strikes and cruise missiles
Russia's air strikes have mostly focused on areas of western Syria not held by Islamic State.
Russian air strikes hit hospitals in Syria claims NGO
Physicians for Human Rights claims Russian warplanes struck medical facilities in Idlib, Hama and Latakia.
Syrian army launches ground assault on Assad rebels with support of Russian air strikes
Russia also launched missile attacks against Isis from warships in Caspian Sea.
Russia in Syria: British foreign secretary Michael Fallon accuses Kremlin of propping up dictator Assad
Fallon made the comments as the government puts forward its case over British intervention in Syria.
Russia in Syria: Putin's hard sell of quick victory against Isis could come back to haunt him
According to the Russian media everyone except the US is impressed by Russia's unilateral action.
Syria air strikes: Russia cites weather conditions for airspace violation in Turkey
Moscow says Russian warplane entered Turkish airspace due to 'unfavourable weather conditions'.
Russian TV: Weather forecast 'favourable' for air strikes on Syria [Video]
State-owned Rossiya 24 shows weather forecast in Syria for Kremlin's aerial campaign.