It is currently not clear if the deaths were caused by chlorine or another agent such as sarin.
06 Apr 2017 6:08 PM
More than 320,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011 with anti-government protests.
05 Apr 2017 8:15 AM
The explosions killed 47 pilgrims, most of them Iraqi Shiites, and 12 Syrian pro-government fighters.
12 Mar 2017 12:32 PM
A roadside bomb detonated as a bus passed and a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Bab al-Saghir area.
11 Mar 2017 5:02 PM
The US, Britain and France have called for sanctions against Syria, while Assad's ally Russia, called the evidence presented, insufficient.
14 Jan 2017 8:44 AM
The cabinet approved an emergency plan by the Education Ministry to repair 50 schools in the eastern sector over six months.
08 Jan 2017 9:16 AM
Syrian state television said earlier Sunday that 100 buses would take people out of east Aleppo.
19 Dec 2016 8:55 AM
The convoy was travelling to Foah and Kefraya, besieged by rebel fighters.
19 Dec 2016 2:39 AM
Ankara and a Syrian military source said the evacuation had been suspended but was not yet over.
17 Dec 2016 6:39 AM
Ankara and a Syrian military source said the evacuation had been suspended but was not yet over.
16 Dec 2016 8:48 PM
More than half of Syria's population has been displaced by the conflict that began with anti-government protests in March 2011.
05 Dec 2016 2:21 PM
Kerry says Washington still in pursuit of peace after US suspends talks.
05 Oct 2016 6:59 AM
A Syria ceasefire billed as the “last chance” for peace appeared to be holding on its first full day on Tuesday with residents across the country reporting a quiet night and anxious for aid.
14 Sep 2016 12:09 AM
Syrian government forces advanced on Sunday south of Aleppo city, a military source and state media said, as they pushed to once again encircle rebel neighbourhoods and reimpose a siege.
05 Sep 2016 6:17 AM
Ferocious fighting between government, rebel forces has cut off access to the city.
10 Aug 2016 6:17 AM
Only the Syrian people define who's going to be the president, when to come, and when to go, says Assad.
14 Jul 2016 2:46 PM
A food aid convoy on Thursday night entered the Syrian town of Daraya, the first delivery since the start of the siege there by the Damascus regime in 2012, a Red Crescent official told AFP.
11 Jun 2016 12:52 AM
A Syrian man works at his shop behind a front window sealed with plastic tarp in the rebel-held Kallaseh district of the northern city of Aleppo. (Photo: AFP)
03 Jun 2016 12:10 AM
A Syrian family runs for cover amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following an airstrike on the rebel-held neighbourhood of Al-Qatarji in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. (Photo: AFP)
30 Apr 2016 6:03 AM
President Barack Obama on Monday said the US would send up to 250 more military personnel, including special forces, to Syria to help rebels fight ISIS jihadists.
26 Apr 2016 6:36 AM