Tag: Bashar al-Assad

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced alarm "over reports of atrocities against a large number of civilians" in Syria's city ...

The Turkish army has dropped leaflets on the Islamic State-held city of al-Bab in Syria urging civilians to seek shelter, ...

The Islamic State (IS) group has retaken the Syrian city of Palmyra, hours after Russian air strikes appeared to have ...

A look inside the ruins after they were recaptured from so-called Islamic State in March Islamic State group fighters have ...

The women were serving as medics at a field hospital in western Aleppo. A mortar struck the hospital on Monday. ...

The move is to allow for the evacuation of civilians trapped in the battle zone. Mr Lavrov said some 8,000 ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said a victory for his army in Aleppo would be a "huge step" towards ending ...

Syrian rebels have left the last areas they held in Aleppo's old city, while calling for a five-day truce to ...

Russia and China on Monday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Syrian city ...

Bana Alabed, a 7-year-old Syrian girl who captured the world's attention with heartbreaking Twitter posts about the bombing of Aleppo, ...

President Vladimir Putin says Russia wants to normalise ties with the United States and join efforts in the fight against ...

The fall of rebel-held eastern Aleppo would not mean the end of the fight against President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian ...

Syrian government forces have captured a key part of eastern Aleppo, splitting rebel-held territory in two. State TV said government ...

Syrian government forces have been making rapid advances into eastern Aleppo, forcing thousands of civilians to flee. The Syrian army ...

Syrian government forces have retaken a second rebel-held district in eastern Aleppo, military sources say. They say the army and ...

Syrian government forces have retaken the largest rebel-controlled district in eastern Aleppo, state media report. The capture of Masaken Hanano, ...

It's a familiar scene: Syria Civil Defence, also known as the "White Helmets," rushing to rescue a man covered in ...

France has accused Syria and its allies of using political uncertainty in the US to launch "total war" against opposition-held ...

Trend of election violence in UK, USA and Ghana “You got to punch him in the face, I tell you”. ...

The number of people living under siege in Syria has doubled this year to almost one million, the UN says. ...