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Syrian families in Lebanon burning rubbish for fuel after five years living as refugees
Families face mounting problems in their host countries as the crisis enters its sixth year.
Syria: France and Turkey accuse Russia of 'war crimes' over deadly hospital air strikes
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu: Deadly hospital air strikes are an 'obvious war crime'
Syrian ambassador to Russia claims US bombed Medecins Sans Frontiers hospital
Seven were killed in attack which charity claims was conducted by Syria or Russia.
Isis: Daesh used chemical weapons in attack on Kurds in Iraq in 2015
Around 35 Kurdish fighters showed symptoms of mustard gas poisoning after 2015 attack.
Syria's lost generation: Refugee kids forced to sell on Lebanon's streets as war rages on
Caught in a debt trap, refugee families are sending their children to work after five years in exile
Syria: Russia and Turkey in proxy war for city of Azaz as Kurdish fighters advance
Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu warns Ankara will not allow city bombed by Russia to fall into Kurdish hands.
Obama tells Russia to stop bombing rebel positions as Putin rejects 'double standards'
Russia and the US presidents discuss Syrian conflict over telephone after Munich deal.
Syria: France urges Turkey to stop assault on Kurdish fighters in Syria
Turkey began shelling Kurdish forces in northern Aleppo on 13 February.
War on Isis: SAS sniper takes Daesh commander's head off while giving beheading lessons
The marksman reportedly fired from a distance of 1,200 metres.
Greek police arrest three heavily-armed Britons suspected of trying to join Kurdish forces fighting Isis
The trio, allegedly all Iraqi Kurds with British passports, were said to be carrying 18 rifles and 227,000 cartridges.
Syria: Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond demands Russia end 'indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas'
UN demands that Russians comply with their obligations under international law, Hammond said.
F-16 pilot forced to refuel in mid-air every 15 minutes due to avoid crash landing in Isis territory
The F-16 suffered from a fuel malfunction, requiring it to refuel in mid-air every 15 minutes.
Jersey refugee ban: How the Channel Islanders turned their backs on Syrian families
The prospect of housing refugee families provoked heated debate among residents in the Channel tax haven.
Assad vows to retake whole of Syria hours after ceasefire deal
Syrian President said seizing country from rebel groups would take 'some time'.
Isis: 12-year-old who escaped Daesh-held Raqqa is forced to work as a child labourer in Jordan
Ahmed makes £48 a month working illegally in Jordan.
Syria: Kurdish women fighters commandeer tank in battle over Menagh air base
Footage shows female guerrillas firing shells on Islamist rebels.
'Radicalise me babe x': Gay Isis jihadi exchanged flirty texts with UK helpers
Aseel Muthana, a 19-year-old fighting for Islamic State in Syria, described male acquaintances as 'babe', 'cutie' and 'darling'.
Switzerland: Prison guard 'may have fled to Syria' with rapist she helped escape
Husband of prison guard claims she developed strong interest in Quran before going on the run.
Isis: Four-year-old British boy 'blows up car full of spies' in latest propaganda video
The boy, who appears to kill four men in Syria is thought to be the son of London convert, Khadija Dare.
Syria: Russia moots March ceasefire as Bashar al-Assad's grip on Aleppo strengthens
500 people have been killed in Aleppo this month.
Isis: Three jihadists jailed for helping Cardiff teen join Daesh in Syria
Aseel Muthana, 17, set out to join brother Nasser Muthana, who was Jihadi John's accomplice.
Syria: Turkish President Erdogan attacks UN and US over Syria 'bloodbath'
Ankara hits back at UN request it lets in thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing Aleppo.
Syria: Hundreds dead and tens of thousands displaced as Aleppo siege continues
Fears for 300,000 people who may be left without food, water and medical aid if supply route is cut off.
Benjamin Netanyahu: 'We will surround Israel with fence to keep out wild beasts'
Multi-billion shekel plan will also strengthen 'apartheid wall' with West Bank.
US Air Force veteran to stand trial on accusation of attempting to join Isis
Tairod Pugh set to become the first US citizen to stand trial accused of trying to join terror group in Syria.
Escape from Isis: Raqqa family who fled say 'paradise' city is now 'asphalt'
EXCLUSIVE: Family who fled Syria tells IBTimes UK about life under brutal IS rule.
How Bashar al-Assad's mother Aniseh Makhlouf became matriarch of Syria's two most powerful clans
Makhlouf was mother and husband to two Syrian presidents and aunt to the country's richest man.
War on Isis: Canada to end air strikes against Daesh in Iraq and Syria on 22 February
Canada will stop targeting Isis in air strikes, and six fighter jets will return says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Syria: Assad regime has policy of 'extermination' for prisoners, says UN
Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra also accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
War on Isis: Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov claims his special forces are on the ground in Syria
Strongman and Putin ally told Russian TV that he has a spy network to tackle Daesh.