Bashar al-Assad

French and US diplomats joined Matthew Rycroft in leaving after Syria's ambassador was called to speak.

Graphic images show rescue workers and civilians pulling out bodies – many of them young children and babies.

IBTimes UK interviews a Syrian refugee at an informal refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa valley.

Russia has invaded a sovereign state, shot down an airliner, bombed hospitals and then lied about all of it.

The US will be to blame if the truce fails, according to Russian generals.

If the seven-day truce holds then the US will team up with Russia to target militants.

Israel says it is a direct response to the spillover by the Syrian army in the second such incident of its kind this week.

The foreign secretary's comments come as the Syrian High Negotiations Committee meets in London.

In video war-torn Syria is portrayed as haven of gold sanded beaches.

Duterte told critics that deaths related to his drug war cannot be compared to deaths brought on by Isis or Syria's Bashar al-Assad.

The UN insists it has to work with the Syrian regime to help as many people as it can.

UN confirms that Assad and Isis have used chemical weapons on civilians in the Syrian Civil War.

The coordinated operation comes four days after a suicide bomber killed 54 people at a wedding in Gaziantep.

Townsend makes comments after Syrian warplanes attack area where US forces were operating.

Images of Omran Daqneesh, 5, after he was pulled from rubble stunned the world.

Scenes like the air strike that wounded Omran Daqneesh are all too common in Syria.

Over my long life I have seen this look of shock before - you never forget a face that has seen the horrors of war.

Social media is a powerful weapon, but hashtags can create a false sense of doing something meaningful.

A leaked response shows German officials acknowledge Raccip Tayyip Erdogan's support for militants.

Hospital manager says 55 injured hours before Russia-backed ceasefire due to start.

Rebel forces are trying to open a new route for a quarter of a million civilians in Aleppo who are under siege.

Jabat Fateh al-Sham – or the Front for the Conquest of Syria – has severed its ties with al-Qaeda

Elements within Syria's opposition are just as guilty of war crimes and sectarianism as Bashar Al-Assad.

Rebels made a series of gains in Aleppo despite heavy aerial bombardment.

Russian defence ministry sets up escape routes for those wishing to escape the ruined Syrian city

Syrian war has left more than a quarter of a million children living under siege.

Rebels vow to probe 'human rights abuses that were shared on social media sites'.

The child was identified as Abdullah Issa by some social media users.

Assad said he thought a Trump presidency would be dangerous for the US

The truce extension was announced the same day Syria's new government was sworn in.