Bashar al-Assad

Government troops supported by militias recaptured Palmyra on 2 March.

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

China and Russia, staunch allies of the Syrian regime, vetoed the resolution.

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

Rebel groups have warned that continued government strikes against them have put ceasefire in jeopardy.

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Aid convoys blocked from getting through to four warzones for nearly three months.

The Atlantic Council analysis provides evidence for the continuous use of chemical weapons, among other attacks.

Mass executions took place every week in the prison from September 2011 to December 2015, the report said.

Amnesty claims that once or twice a week between 20 and 50 people are hanged at Sednaya.

Isis militants are now surrounded by the army from the south and Turkish-backed rebels from the north.

Residents of the city and local villages have fled with whatever belongings they could carry and have set up makeshift camps in the desert.

Assad, who is backed by Moscow and Tehran, believes he can work with the Trump administration.

Bana Alabed and her family now live in Turkey after being evacuated from eastern Aleppo in December 2016.

'Whatever you think about President Assad, the fact is, he is the president of Syria,' said Gabbard.

The talks are due to take place on 23 January following talks between Russia, Turkey and Iran

Syria has been ravaged by a civil war between anti-government rebel forces and the Assad regime.

At least eight missiles were fired at the al-Mazzeh military airport close to the Syrian capital.

The Russian military confirmed the deployment of four fighter jets to its Syrian airbase.

Many civilians are thought to be amongst the dead in rebel-held Azaz on the border with Turkey

It is the second time Russia has announced a withdrawal of forces from Syria.

Russian military offered support to Turkish operation in al-Bab for the first time.

Previous ceasefires have been broken but there is optimism this one can hold.

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It would bring a nationwide halt to the fighting that erupted in 2011.

Neither of the mortars exploded although one landed in the courtyard of the embassy.

A source told Turkish state-run news agency ceasefire could come into force after midnight on 29 December.

Turkey President Erdoğan has accused the US-led coalition of supporting terrorist groups.

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About 10 shells fell in Aleppo's southwestern al-Hamdaniya district, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.