Syria Civil war

Tehran admits providing financial and political support to Assad but not military help.

Two men aged 21 and 27, and one woman aged 21, were detained at their home addresses

Videos uploaded to social media sites appeared to show victims of air strikes and barrel bombs by the Syrian air force against rebel-held territory in Damascus, Idlib and Aleppo.

Bombs drops by Syrian government helicopters have killed at least 71 people.

Mother of missing Austin Tice, who has been in Syria for over three years, called on the Syrian government to aid in his release.

The media always lies, claim Damascus hackers.

War crimes cases have been prepared against president and senior members of regime.

Unlikely pact by Sunni powers provides financial and logistical support to anti-Assad groups in war-ravaged Syria.

Amnesty International denounces government and rebel forces indiscriminate attacks against population.

Envoy Staffan de Mistura hopes to gauge any progress by the end of June.

Videos posted on social media appear to show the aftermath of aerial strikes carried out by Syrian government forces.

Some reports suggest Munther al-Assad arrested for involvement in kidnapping gang.

Much progress has been made in recent years but the veil of silence can still be difficult to penetrate.

Isis aims to stop delivery of babies by Caesarean section, calling the procedure Western and 'un-Islamic'.

5 men including pilot Colonel Abdul-Razzaq 'Abboud believed captured alive.

Battles against terror groups such as Isis and Boko Haram pushed death tolls up.

Teenager from Brighton made a ward of court by High Court judge Hayden

Pregnant women are one of the most vulnerable groups in the Syria refugee crisis.

Abu Mohammed tells IBTimes UK about life inside Raqqa under Isis.

More than 191,000 Syrians have been killed in the conflict while millions have fled their homes.

Syria plunged into darkness in four years since the beginning of the brutal civil war.

Around 4.8 million people reside in remote areas that aid does not reach, up from 2.5 million in 2013.

Dramatic video shows moment a bomb detonates in tunnel beneath army HQ

Man accused of being a homosexual is thrown of a building and stoned to death in Syria

Islamist group captured US-supplied anti-tank TOW missile near Aleppo.

Moderate fighters pledge alliance to Levant Front after Islamists take over Base 46 near Aleppo

In its latest report Amnesty says international community failed to protect millions of civilians

10 children among those killed in Syrian village as government cracks down on alleged rebels, say activists.

Suspension of aerial bombardment of Aleppo is welcome news - but why has it taken a year?

Syrian and Kurdish fighters preparing to cut off IS at Rodko road and push Islamists further from Kobane.