Damascus

Child appeared lost and asked to use the bathroom before her belt was detonated remotely.

The evacuation of civilians and fighters was postponed as a ceasefire in the city broke down.

Ten other Turkish soldiers were wounded in the early-morning air strikes.

Obama said the coalition is bombing Aleppo without regard for civilian casualties.

Parachute bombs take longer to hit the target, allowing aircraft to avoid fire.

Images show blood splattered across the tiled floors alongside toys and the rubble.

British-Syrian national Asma Assad criticises 'selective' Western media in rare TV interview.

Alaa Albakr said his brother started showing signs of radicalisation while he was in Germany as a refugee.

The regime's military called on rebels in the city's eastern districts to disarm.

However a truce has largely held as aid preparations got cautiously under way.

America has chosen to placate Turkey rather than back Kurdish anti-Isis forces.

EIU that surveyed 140 major cities around the world has put Port Moresby at the bottom of the list.

Amnesty International estimates 17,723 people have been killed in detention since March 2011

Elements within Syria's opposition are just as guilty of war crimes and sectarianism as Bashar Al-Assad.

Ankara previously said there could be no peace in Syria unless Assad stepped down.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says six of the casualties were from the same family.

The district is home to Syria's holiest Shi'ite Muslim shrine and 3 bombings this year were claimed by Isis.

More than 500,000 people in Syria are deprived of essential supplies as the forces.

Some hope for children longing to study as they were allowed to leave their war-torn town after 302 days to take exams

The ceasefire agreement signed between US and Russia will extend to Aleppo for 48 hours

Damascus and Aleppo are the worst hit and in need of humanitarian aid.

Daesh video shows downed MIG-23 jet near Damascus.

State media reported the workers had been kidnapped from an area close to Damascus

Since 2011 the war in Syria has become a humanitarian calamity, producing shock waves around the world.

Putin said Russia's goals had been achieved following its five-month-long intervention.

On fifth anniversary since war's start, UN's children's agency says many kids know nothing but violence.

The attacks as Moscow and Washington try to work towards a ceasefire.

Family have no option to leave due to financial burdens they may face while fleeing the war-torn country

Makhlouf was mother and husband to two Syrian presidents and aunt to the country's richest man.

The president's mother, a former first lady herself, is reported to have passed away at home in Damascus aged 86.