Bashar al-Assad

State agency claims Tarek Ghrair, 15, killed in Ghouta.

Actor and Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited a refugee camp in Jordan to highlight the plight of Syrian refugees.

An informal economy has developed in Syria as warlords and profiteers search for the cash to fund their war machines

The inaugural Kinda Airlines flight is due to take off on May 1 but delays have hampered the launch

More than 100,000 people have been killed in the last three years of conflict.

Female pro-Syrian regime combatant, who voluntarily joined the army, dies at a checkpoint during gun fight.

Thousands of Palestinian refugees are starving to death in the Syrian Yarmouk camp as fighting prevents aid flow.

With Ukraine sliding into civil war, IBTimes examines other incidents of unrest sparked by personality cults.

Syria's foreign minister earlier claimed US officials wanted to hold separate talks but were denied.

Syrian government delegation threatens to go home while opposition refuses direct negotiations.

Assad regime and opposition wrangle ahead of peace talks but UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi holds out hope.

IBTimes UK looks at diplomats and officials who will set pace at peace talks.

Syria says delegation to peace talks prevented from refuelling in Greece

Ban Ki-moon withdraws invitation after Syrian National Coalition threat to keep away from crucial conference at Montreux.

UN move to invite Tehran enrages Saudi Arabia while Syrian National Council threatens pullout.

US and Syrian opposition say invitation to Tehran must be withdrawn as they press plan for Bashar al-Assad's exit.

Syrian National Coalition, meeting in Istanbul, votes in favour of participating in 'Geneva II' talks.

Donors meet at Syria aid summit in Kuwait as UN urges immediate aid for half of the Syrian population.

US and Russia fail to agree on role for Tehran in UN-brokered talks to end Syrian civil war.

Ahead of second round of Geneva talks, Syrian president tells Pope there should be no foreign intervention.

Saudi spy chief warns of 'major shift' in Riyadh-Washington ties.

Prime minister also criticises John Kerry for praising Assad on chemical weapons elimination.

Syria's foreign minister tells UN General Assembly anti-Assad rebels eat human hearts and sever limbs while victims are alive.

Apart from giving free access to chemical weapons experts, resolution okays Syria transition government plan.

US and Russia agree on draft resolution on Syria's chemical weapons, ending weeks of diplomatic deadlock.

UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon says UN report on Ghouta reveals overwhelming evidence of toxic gas use - but will not say by whom

As Assad's forces try to ward off rebel attacks, fighting opens on another front, with Turkey.

UN Security Council condemns Syrian mortar attack and expresses concern about regional peace and security.

Suicide bombers detonate explosive-laden vehicles, killing dozens of people in Syria's biggest city.

Bombers strike right at heart of government and military district in centre of Syrian capital.