Syria

"They were beating me on the back with a belt and electric cables."

Matteo de Bellis Mar 15, 2017

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

Callum Paton Mar 15, 2017

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

Callum Paton Mar 14, 2017

Vintage cars owned by Mohammad Mohiuddin Anis, 70, have been reduced to twisted hulks of rusted metal, just as Aleppo has been reduced to piles of shattered glass and dusty debris.

David Sim Mar 14, 2017

Inside Mosul's antiquities museum, which once housed priceless Mesopotamian artefacts dating back thousands of years.

David Sim Mar 13, 2017

The attack at Bab al-Saghir cemetery in the Old City of Damascus killed 40 people.

Divya Kishore Mar 13, 2017

The increase will bring the number of US forces on the ground in Syria to about 900.

Staff Reporter Mar 10, 2017

Iraqi forces are facing increasingly stiff resistance from Islamic State militants, who are using suicide car bombs and snipers to defend their last major stronghold in Iraq.

Alex Wheeler Mar 09, 2017

As the world's population grows, the vault serves as a 'backup' system for crops from genebanks around the world.

Marie Haga Mar 09, 2017

Pentagon has not confirmed new deployment that has been 'in the works for some time'.

Nicole Rojas Mar 09, 2017

The Mosul 'healer' Mala Ali Kalak wants to beat him on the soles of his feet to get the jinni out of his body.

Ananya Roy Mar 07, 2017

Alabed, a Twitter sensation has previously written to Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad.

William Watkinson Mar 06, 2017

This was the second time the ancient Syrian city, a Unesco heritage site, had been recaptured from the militants in the course of Syria's six-year war.

Alex Wheeler Mar 06, 2017

Iran says its forces are in Syria to defend holy Shi'ite shrines.

Divya Kishore Mar 06, 2017

The man travelled to the Middle East on a number of occasions.

Staff Reporter Mar 04, 2017

UN concludes both sides in final push by Assad forces for control of east Aleppo committed war crimes.

Callum Paton Mar 02, 2017

Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad lost the ancient city to Isis for a second time late last year.

William Watkinson Mar 02, 2017

Patrick Kabele from Willesden in London was stopped at Gatwick airport on way to Istanbul.

William Watkinson Feb 28, 2017

UN Security Council resolution on sanctions against Syria was drafted by US, UK and France.

William Watkinson Feb 28, 2017

Documents, found by Reuters, include some of the first first-hand accounts from Isis suicide bombers to be made public, offering an insight into the mindset of young recruits.

Alex Wheeler Feb 28, 2017

Al-Masri was implicated in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.

Fiona Keating Feb 27, 2017

Raed Salah said in a statement that the world should help end the bloodshed in Syria.

James Snell Feb 27, 2017

America's support of demographically inappropriate allies has aided jihadi recruitment.

Kyle W. Orton Feb 27, 2017

It was not immediately clear if the Isis was behind the attacks.

Ananya Roy Feb 25, 2017

At least 60 dead after northern town liberated on 23 February by Turkey-backed Syrian rebels.

Sofia Lotto Persio Feb 24, 2017

The town of al-Bab in Northern Syria was one of the jihadists' strongholds in the country.

Sofia Lotto Persio Feb 23, 2017

Col. John Dorrian said air strikes by coalition forces have set the conditions for Iraqi forces to retake the Mosul airport.

Ananya Roy Feb 23, 2017

President's ban targeting Muslim-majority nations will see continuing court challenges, say lawyers.

Graham Lanktree Feb 21, 2017

NGO accuses western governments of ignoring corruption and allowing Islamic State to thrive across the world.

Ananya Roy Feb 21, 2017

Federal police and elite interior ministry units known as Rapid Response are leading the charge toward the airport, just south of the city.

David Sim Feb 20, 2017