'All our dreams are gone': Desperation deepens in Syria as clashes intensify
Doctors at the hospital face a daily struggle to care for expectant mothers amid a Syrian government assault that has driven deep into Idlib.
Islamic State driven out of Palmyra
Syrian government forces backed by heavy Russian air support drove Islamic State out of Palmyra.
F-16 jets arrive in Iraq
Iraq received a first batch of F-16 fighter jets from the United States
Syria’s Assad re-elected
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad secured 88. 7 percent of the votes in an election widely condemned as a sham.
Syrian rebels leave from Homs
Syrian rebels started withdrawing from the heart of Homs city following a deal between insurgents and forces loyal to the president.
Women, children escape besieged Homs
Six hundred people have been evacuated from the ruins of rebel-held Homs after a year of hunger and deprivation.
Agencies launch fresh Homs aid bid
Aid workers will attempt to evacuate civilians and deliver humanitarian supplies to 2 500 people trapped by Syria's civil war.
Syria meets important weapons deadline
The chemical weapons watchdog OPCW says Syria has destroyed all of its declared production and mixing facilities.
Gunmen abduct Turkish Airlines pilots
Gunmen abducted a Turkish Airlines pilot and his assistant in Beirut, forcing them from a bus as it took them from the airport.
Syria, Hezbollah pose fresh Golan threat
Threats from Damascus and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah to turn the Golan Heights into a “resistance front” against Israel could end nearly four decades of calm.
Al-Halki survives Damascus attack
Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halki has survived a bomb attack on his convoy in Damascus.
Syria accuses UN. envoy of interfering
Syria accused international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi of bias and interference after he criticised its response to an opposition offer of talks.
Bishops grabbed in Syria
Two outspoken Syrian bishops have been abducted by armed rebels in the northern province of Aleppo.
Assad vows to wipe out mosque attackers
President Bashar al-Assad vowed to purge Syria of “extremist forces” he accused of assassinating a leading Sunni Muslim cleric.
Damascus rocked by car bombing
Fifty people were killed and another 200 were wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Syrian capital.
Assad to speak on Syria conflict
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will deliver a rare speech about the uprising against his rule.
Rebels battle army near Damascus
Syrian rebels clashed with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad near Damascus airport, battling for the capital's outskirts after 20 months of conflict.
NATO warns Syria over chemical weapons
NATO told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that any use of chemical weapons would be met by an immediate international response.
Death toll rises in Damascus attacks
Two car bombs have killed at least 34 people in a district of Damascus loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
Syria army quit strategic base
The Syrian army abandoned its last base near the northern town of Saraqeb after a fierce assault by rebels.
‘Syria’s bloodshed could engulf region’
The international mediator on Syria says the country’s civil war risks spilling across borders to engulf the Middle East.
UN monitors pull out of Syria
UN military observers left Damascus after a four-month mission in which they became helpless spectators of Syria's spiralling conflict.
Violence could leave Syria ungovernable
Escalating violence could leave Syria ungovernable even if a winner finally emerges from Bashar al-Assad's battle with rebels.
Assad's brother lost leg in blast
President Bashar al-Assad's feared brother Maher lost a leg in a bomb attack on the Syrian leader's security cabinet a month ago.
Alawite may offer shelter to Assad
There is speculation that President Bashar al-Assad and his inner circle might fall back on their ancestral mountain fortress.