Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, has died after a Turkish police officer shot him in an apparent protest at…
Vladimir Putin has decided to cancel a planned visit to France amid a row over Syria. The Russian president had…
Gary Johnson, one of the third-party candidates in the presidential election, has been ridiculed after being wrong-footed by a question…
Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, one of the longest-serving and most prominent leaders of ISIS has been killed in Aleppo, Syria, ISIS-affiliated…
Damascus has agreed to halt its aerial bombardment of Aleppo for six weeks for a trial ceasefire, UN envoy to…
Carlton Citadel Hotel and several other buildings have been destroyed by a huge explosion in the northern Syrian city of…
Syrian rebels in the city of Aleppo have banned croissants as symbols of “colonial” oppression. Syria is a former French…
The minaret of Umayyad Mosque, one of Syria's most famous, has been destroyed during clashes in the northern city of…
More than fifty people have been killed by two blasts in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, activists and officials…
Egyptair has announced it will resume flights to the Syrian cities of Damascus and Aleppo on Monday, after a three-day…
The United Nations Organization says a video that appears to show Syrian rebels killing soldiers or pro-government militiamen could be…
Violence is continuing in Syria, with opposition activists saying that a warplane may have killed as many as 25 people…
President Bashar al-Assad has said Syrian government needs more time to "win the battle" against rebel forces. In an interview…
President Barack Obama has said the use of chemical weapons by Syria would be a "red line" that would change…
Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi has been appointed as the new UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, officials have confirmed. Lakhdar Brahimi,…
Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi is expected to be appointed as the new UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, according to diplomats.…
Syrian rebel commanders say they have lost control of the strategic Salah al-Din district in the northern city of Aleppo…
Syrian government forces have taken full control of strategic district Salah al-Din in the biggest city, Aleppo, after fierce fighting,…
More than 20,000 Syrian troops are deployed around Aleppo, military sources say, as fighting rages for control of the country's…
The UN General Assembly has voted by a big majority to condemn its own Security Council for failing to end…
Fighting in Syria's embattled city of Aleppo has increased significantly in the past few days, the UN says. Sausan Ghosheh…
United Nations announces that some 200,000 people have fled intense fighting in Syria's second city Aleppo in the past two…
Two more senior Syrian diplomats have defected amid mounting pressure on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the US has…
New fighting is reported in Syria's two biggest cities - Damascus and Aleppo - as government forces seek to regain…
At least 25 people have been killed in two bomb attacks targeting security forces compounds in Syria's second city of Aleppo,…