Bashar al-Assad

Rights group says 530,000 Syrian children missed school last year as funds did not reach hosting countries.

"If they take it down, there will be no graphic content but there will be no evidence."

Duelling battles for Deir el-Zour highlight the importance of the oil-rich eastern province.

At least two people are reported killed in the air strike near the city of Masyaf in Hama region in central Syria.

Activists hope their testimonies will be used in future war crime trials to hold the Syrian government to account.

At least two Syria-bound shipments were intercepted in the last six months, warns a team of UN experts in a confidential report.

Defiant comments come as troops and pro-Iranian militiamen gain ground across the country.

White Helmets volunteers rescue civilians from the rubble following air strikes in rebel-held areas in Syria.

There are plans to rebuild Aleppo's great medieval mosques, souks, bath houses and citadel "with the same stones where we can".

Khartabi was detained in 2012 and vanished from a Syrian state prison in October 2015.

Syrian regime allows Russia to use the strategically important Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia province until 2066.

An attack on the Human Rights Act is an attack on us all

This is the first time the Syrian president is touring the Khmeymim airbase, which is pivotal for Russia operations.

Air strikes by Israel targeted arms and ammunition posts of the Syrian regime in the disputed Golan Heights.

Australian defence ministry says it has suspended the aerial campaign as a 'precautionary measure'.

Coalition is helping Syrian Democratic Forces in offensive to recapture city from Isis.

The coalition force alleged that the drone was shooting at their forces stationed at At-Tanf garrison near Jordanian border.

The latest military action will pile more pressure on the jihadists whose self-declared caliphate is in retreat across Syria and Iraq.

Isis propaganda uses graphic images of dead children to attract people to join their war on the West - and their suicide bombers are getting younger and younger.

Nasa uses satellite images of Middle East to show how war is changing the region.

The US state department claims the Bashar al-Assad regime executed thousands at the Saydnaya prison.

The most powerful photos of Assad's relentless campaign to crush the rebels in Damascus through sheer firepower, with air strikes, missiles and reported chemical attacks.

US regards the al-Nusra Front as a terrorist organisation still affiliated with al-Qaeda.

Prime Minister set to act against perpetrators of Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack.

Syrian conflict and Ukrainian crisis are set to dominate the Putin-Merkel talks.

Donald Trump is willing to threaten rogue states with military action and then follow through with it.

The foreign secretary also signalled that the prime minister may not have to win a Commons vote for strikes.

The blaze engulfed Damascus International Airport and the Mezzeh army base.

The investigation tested blood and samples from the site of the attack

The Syrian president had declared in 2013 that it had nearly 1,300 tonnes of chemical weapons.