Damascus

The latest butchery in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta by Assad forces shames the isolationist United Kingdom.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 384 people, including 94 children, have been killed in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region since 29 January.

American officials suspect the Syrian regime has found a way to develop a new chemical weapon and could have kept it hidden in secret locations.

Monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights warns children among dead following bombings in rebel-held towns.

A few desperately sick children have been evacuated to hospitals in Damascus from the besieged rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, but many more remain.

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The UN said children are stranded in a rebel-held suburb near Damascus and five have reportedly died from a lack of medical care.

Man sentenced to two years in jail for defrauding the terrorist organisation.

Civilian casualties were the first to occur since the ceasefire was declared on 22 July.

Damascus security forces say they foiled two other car bomb attacks on Sunday.

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

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.

The IDF confirmed that they fired a Patriot anti-ballistic missile in the Golan Heights.

The suicide bombing hit buses of evacuees from al-Foua and Kefraya, killing more than 60 children.

Syrian government forces pose strong resistance to surprise assault launched by rebels and jihadists.

Attack on judicial building is latest in spate of bombings targeting government-held areas.

The Mercer's 19th annual Quality of Living survey takes into account a city's infrastructure, transport connections, economic instability, social unrest and growing political upheaval which affect the quality of living.

The UN's Independent International Inquiry on Syria said Assad's forces carried out war crimes in December.

Rebel groups have warned that continued government strikes against them have put ceasefire in jeopardy.

Mass executions took place every week in the prison from September 2011 to December 2015, the report said.

Amnesty claims that once or twice a week between 20 and 50 people are hanged at Sednaya.

New Amnesty International report alleges thousands of extrajudicial killings at Saydnaya prison.

The two-day meeting is aimed at extending the ceasefire in war-torn Syria.

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The area controls Damascus' water supply and over 5 million people have been without water since December.

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UN's Syria adviser Jan Egeland warned the act was a war crime.

Previous ceasefires have been broken but there is optimism this one can hold.

The alleged victim, Hadil Yassin Abu al-Madi, was a resident of al-Yarmouk district in capital Damascus.

Neither of the mortars exploded although one landed in the courtyard of the embassy.