Syria

President Vladimir Putin spoke to Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Emmanuel Macron over the violence in Syria.

Opposition activists say that Damascus has used chemical weapons on the rebel-held enclave of Ghouta, a day after a UN-brokered ceasefire was passed.

Israeli satellites spot two of Moscow's advanced fighter aircraft, Su-57, at an airbase in Syria.

The UN Security Council unanimously called for the implementation of a 30-day truce deal across Syria in what is a significant development.

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

More than 250 people have been killed in intense bombing from Syrian government forces in eastern Ghouta. At least 50 children were among the dead.

Over Syrian 1,000 civilians, many of them children, were killed in the first week of February alone as air strikes hit hospitals, schools and markets.

Turkey's president warned Washington's troops with "Ottoman slap" if it does not stop funding Kurdish fighters.

The US killed at least 100 Russian mercenaries during a failed attack on a US-held base in the oil-rich Deir Ezzor region of Syria.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to continue strikes in Syria despite the risk of sparking a conflict with Iran via its Syrian and Lebanese proxies.

Two Britons, accused of being infamous Isis killers in the cell nicknamed The Beatles, should stand trial in the UK, Lord Carlile said.

IDF's aerial raids decimate Iranian and Syrian positions as Israel quickly steps up its response.

Turkey continues its crackdown on opponents with its incursion into Syria, detaining dozens of pro-Kurdish party leaders and leftist politicians.

Two Isis fighters who were dubbed part of the Beatles have reportedly been captured in Syria. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh were detained by Kurdish forces.

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.

The Syrian regime claimed that most of the projectiles fired by Israeli forces were intercepted.

Global children's charity Unicef launches pilot scheme asking gamers to create Ethereum to fund emergency aid in Syria.

"You must have calculations against Turkey, Iran or maybe Russia," said the Turkish president.

Russia is hailing a pilot who killed himself with a grenade to avoid capture in Syria as a national hero. Major Roman Filipov was awarded the Hero of Russia medal.

London-born Lucas Kinney stars has appeared in a new al-Qaeda propaganda video where he appeals for jihadists to join the fight against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Arabic.

A Russian Sukhoi-25 ground-attack aircraft has been shot down in Syria's north-western province of Idlib.

Majeda Khouri is a Syrian refugee living in the UK and sharing her fascinating story one spoonful at a time.

Germany has granted asylum to four Turkish soldiers, one of whom is accused of being a leading figure in the failed July 2016 military coup.

The UN migration agency says that 90 people are feared drowned after a smuggler's boat carrying mostly Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya's coast.

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.

Syrian refugees fleeing to Germany form bulk of applications for asylum in Europe but overall numbers are much lower than previous years..

Imad al-Alami, a senior Hamas figure, was declared a 'specially designated global terrorist' by the US in 2003 but was shot in the head earlier this month.

A heat map of fitness tracker activity has revealed sensitive and potentially dangerous information about US soldiers around the world.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday (25 January) that modernised strategic bombers will boost Russia's military power.

Turkey's president says Operation Olive Branch is progressing "successfully" and will continue until the last "terrorist" is eliminated.