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Assad vows to retake whole of Syria hours after ceasefire deal
Syrian President said seizing country from rebel groups would take 'some time'.
Syria conflict: Russia calls for permanent peace citing risks of third world war
PM Dimitry Medvedev warns of 'permanent war' in Middle East if peace settlement is not reached soon.
Syria: Kurdish women fighters commandeer tank in battle over Menagh air base
Footage shows female guerrillas firing shells on Islamist rebels.
Fighting in Syria's Aleppo province forces 50,000 to flee as crisis deteriorates
Red Cross warns situation in Aleppo province worsens as fighting, goaded by Russian air strikes, intensifies.
Syria: Russia moots March ceasefire as Bashar al-Assad's grip on Aleppo strengthens
500 people have been killed in Aleppo this month.
Syria: Hundreds dead and tens of thousands displaced as Aleppo siege continues
Fears for 300,000 people who may be left without food, water and medical aid if supply route is cut off.
How Bashar al-Assad's mother Aniseh Makhlouf became matriarch of Syria's two most powerful clans
Makhlouf was mother and husband to two Syrian presidents and aunt to the country's richest man.
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's mother Aniseh Makhlouf dies
The president's mother, a former first lady herself, is reported to have passed away at home in Damascus aged 86.
Syria: Geneva peace talks 'paused' by UN as Assad's forces advance in Aleppo
Syrian peace talks have broken down after just two days of negotiations.
Syria: Russian warplanes and Assad forces blast Aleppo under cover of Geneva talks
The assault has left peace talks in Geneva on the verge of collapse.
Russia is 'helping' Isis by allowing fighter jets to target Assad's opponents says Philip Hammond
UK Foreign Secretary accuses Iran and Russia of not being 'helpful to Syrian peace process'.
Syria: Peace talks to end the five-year conflict officially underway
'We are starting officially the Geneva talks,' said UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura.
Turkey claims another Russian military jet has violated its airspace
Turkey summons Russian ambassador over an incident which happened late on Friday night.
Syria conflict: UK implores rebels to attend UN peace talks
Crucial UN-mediated negotiations between Syrian factions set to get underway in Geneva.
Syria crisis: UK and the West 'get United Nations backing' to airdrop aid to the starving
A letter from the UN under-secretary Stephen O'Brien says 'all options need to be on the table'.
Why does the West ignore Madaya, the Syrian town where Assad is starving people to death?
The West saves its tears for Isis terror attacks and ignores those Assad is targeting.
Iran sanctions relief: Money will be used to 'fund terrorism and war in Syria' claims NCRI
NCRI hits out at sanctions relief amid fears Iranian people will not benefit from release of funds.
Syria: President Bashar al-Assad could be offered asylum in Russia claims Vladimir Putin
Putin says that discussion of Assad's fate is premature ahead of Syrian elections.
Russia: Vladimir Putin says there is 'no trust' between the West and Moscow
The Russian leader's interview with German newspaper Bild comes amid tough news for the Russian economy.
Syria: Assad supporters taunt starving residents of besieged Madaya with pictures of lavish meals
Pro-Assad trolls hijack hashtag used to highlight plight of starving residents.
Syria: Starving residents issued with salt packets in besieged town of Madaya
Warnings of widespread starvation are growing as pro-government forces besiege opposition-held town.
UN says besieged Syria city of Madaya where people are starving 'will get aid'
Images of emaciated and starving children have outraged many.
Syria: Devastating aftermath of helicopter barrel bombs and Russian air strikes caught on video
Footage also shows rescue workers assisting people who were trapped in debris following an air strike.
Syria: Besieged Isis, al-Qaeda and al-Nusra fighters in limbo after rebel leader Zahran Alloush killed
Evacuation of fighters and civilians cannot be guaranteed after Jaysh al-Islam leader's death.
Top Syrian rebels killed in suspected Russian air strikes
Zahran Alloush, chief of Saudi-backed Jaysh al Islam group, among killed in air strike on rebel headquarters.
Syria: Assad regime 'ready to participate' in peace talks
Foreign minister Walid Muallem made the comments during a press conference in China
Isis lost 14% of its territory in 2015 while Kurdish forces gained 186%
Syrian government backed by President Bashar al-Assad lost 16% of its land.
Syria: Suspected Russian warplanes kill scores in rebel-held city of Idlib
Air strikes believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes killed scores of people in the centre of Idlib.
Syrian crisis: Putin-Kerry talks ease tension but no breakthrough in sight
Major world powers are due to meet in New York on 18 December to discuss the stalemate in the war-torn country.
Syria conflict: Regime forces recapture rebel-held airbase near Damascus
Marj al-Sultan in Eastern Ghouta falls to government troops after heavy fighting.