Syria Civil war

The Unesco head tells IBTimes UK what she would bring to the position of world's top diplomat.

US military confirms it is investigating what could be one of the worst incidents of civilian deaths by coalition forces

The US Secretary of State John Kerry is due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday.

Reports from the capital of the Isis caliphate say that the men were accused of helping the Kurdish YPG

The truce extension was announced the same day Syria's new government was sworn in.

Colvin was reporting on the Homs siege in 2012 when she was killed in a rocket attack.

The former extremist from Ingushetia was smuggled into Syria via Turkey with help from a Dagestan fixer.

Under the proposal, the US wants Russia to stop Assad bombing the rebels.

Daesh targets in Al Qurayyah in Deir ez-Zor province pounded.

In a bloody counter attack, Islamic State militants have killed dozens of Syrian regime fighters.

Russia meanwhile accused US of sparing al-Nusra to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.

It is not clear if the war planes that carried out the air strikes were Syrian or Russian, UK monitor said.

Upsurge in violence in Aleppo as rebels and government forces shell each other, with civilians suffering most.

World leaders will attempt to restore the cessation of hostilities agreement signed between US and Russia recently.

It is not known who launched the air strikes that hit the Syrian town of Binnish close to the Turkish border.

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

Five Kurdish border guards were killed in a blast in the northeast Syrian city of Qamishli on Saturday.

Social media campaign launched as 24-hour truce begins in parts of Syria following violence against civilians.

Two Britons and an Irishman were held in a Kurdish-controlled prison after crossing the border from Syria.

Britons Jac Holmes and Joe Akerman and Irishman Joshua Molloy detained in Kurdish-controlled land.

The Syrian army is said to be just metres from the 2,000 year old Unesco World Heritage site.

Former Greek prime minister George Papandreou urges host countries in refugee crisis to education refugee children.

Lesser of two very evil evils for Israel is President Assad.

As Russia withdraws most of its troops from Syria, we look back at one of the most savage civil wars in recent history.

Author Lisbeth Zornig and her husband were fined 45,000 krone (£4,700) by judges in Nykøbing Falster.

Report by charity paints horrific picture ahead of the fifth anniversary of the conflict's start.

The brunt of the cost of Syria's five-year civil war is being borne by its civilian population.

The themes cover migration, the environment, artists as agitators as well as LGBT, children and women's rights.

Syrian President says opposition fighters that return to civilian life will be pardoned.

The cessation of hostilities has brought some respite to civilians, particularly from air strikes.