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A Syrian opposition fighter walks in a poppy field in Deraa, April 10 2017. (AFP/Mohammad Abazeed)

April 12th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Syrian government and opposition swap prisoners ahead of Madaya evacuation

Towns besieged by both the opposition and the Syrian government will be evacuated under the deal.

Bodies of those killed during a chemical attack in Syria's Idlib province lie in a storage room in a hospital in Khan Sheikhoun, 4 April 2017. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

April 9th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Russian airstrike on Idlib kills 18 - report

A United Nations Security Council meeting seen during voting on December 23, 2016 (AFP)

April 5th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

UN to hold emergency meeting over chemical attack in Syria

Rebel fighters from the Jaish al-Fatah (or Army of Conquest) brigades load ammunitions into a tank during clashes with Syrian pro-government forces near the village of Om al-Krameel, in Aleppo's southern countryside on May 5, 2016. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

May 7th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Al-Nusra Front, other rebels capture strategic town near Aleppo

Reports say dozens of cages carrying Alawite army officers and their wives were seen in Eastern Ghouta. (Twitter)

November 2nd, 2015 - 10:20 GMT

In Douma, Syrian rebels respond to airstrikes by parading Alawi officers in cages

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October 21st, 2015 - 07:06 GMT

Russian airstrikes kill 370 in 20 days

A wounded Syrian girl stands at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma following shelling and air raids by Syrian government forces on Aug. 22, 2015. (AFP/Abed Doumany)

August 23rd, 2015 - 11:16 GMT

Syrian regime airstrikes kill 34 in Douma: monitor

Kurdish forces position themselves inside a classroom on July 16, 2015. (AFP/File)

July 27th, 2015 - 12:08 GMT

Kurds, Syrian army in ‘final stage’ of securing Hasakah

A young Syrian boy cries as he sits on the rubble after a missile fired by Syrian government forces hit a residential area in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on July 21, 2015. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)

July 22nd, 2015 - 03:46 GMT

Regime air raid kills 12 civilians, pregnant woman near Aleppo

The advances come after Daesh took over three villages from pro-government forces. (AFP/File)

July 14th, 2015 - 12:03 GMT

Daesh gains ground in Hasakah: monitor

The Syrian army took control of Palmyra's only hospital in May, while other hospitals in the country were forced to close. (AFP/Leon Neal)

July 2nd, 2015 - 12:05 GMT

Four Syrian hospitals forced to close after regime airstrikes

The YPG victory comes only two days after Daesh had re-entered the border town. (AFP/File)

June 27th, 2015 - 11:12 GMT

Kurds drive Daesh militants from Syria’s Kobani: monitor

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported "one of the highest tolls in opposition attacks in Aleppo," and casualties are expected to rise. (AFP/File)

June 16th, 2015 - 06:48 GMT

Rebel rocket fire in Syria’s Aleppo kills at least 34: monitor