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An unnamed gunman stands over the body of Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov. (Photo: AP)

Gunman shoots Russian ambassador in Turkey

The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had been informed of the attack.

20 Dec 2016 7:22 AM IST

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises in green government buses, in Idlib province, Syria. (Photo: AP)

350 people leave rebel-held Aleppo despite militants burning buses

Syrian state television said earlier Sunday that 100 buses would take people out of east Aleppo.

19 Dec 2016 8:55 AM IST

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises in green government buses, in Idlib province, Syria. (Photo: AP)

Peace deal fails as rebels torch Aleppo buses

The convoy was travelling to Foah and Kefraya, besieged by rebel fighters.

19 Dec 2016 2:39 AM IST

The battle for Aleppo has gripped the world, but it is hardly the only active front across Syria. One of the next targets for the forces of Bashar Assad will probably be the heartland of rebel territory, the neighboring Idlib province. (Photo: AP)

After Aleppo, Assad likely to target Idlib

President Assad pursued a policy of siege, truces and forced surrenders, deporting thousands of rebels and opposition to...

18 Dec 2016 3:50 PM IST

An injured Syrian man stands with his child outside a hospital on the Syria-Turkey border on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Thousands of civilians trapped in Aleppo

In return the rebels want the evacuation of the towns of Madaya and Zabadani in Damascus province which are besieged by...

18 Dec 2016 7:16 AM IST

Turkish medics carry a wounded Syrian woman, evacuated from Aleppo, to a field hospital near Idlib, Syria, Friday, December 16, 2016. (Photo: AP)

Video of Syrian child being operated without anaesthesia leaves...

With the Russian and Syrian forces' continued assault, the civilians in the war-torn region have been caught in the...

17 Dec 2016 4:05 PM IST

Turkish medics carry a wounded Syrian woman, evacuated from Aleppo, to a field hospital near Idlib, Syria, Friday, December 16, 2016. (Photo: AP)

Thousands trapped as Syrian govt suspends evacuation from Aleppo

Ankara and a Syrian military source said the evacuation had been suspended but was not yet over.

16 Dec 2016 8:48 PM IST

Syrians celebrate in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, after the army said it has retaken full control of the countrys second city. (Photo: AFP)

In Aleppo, Assad supporters shout their joy after regime victory

The final phase of the evacuation ended when a convoy carrying nearly 150 people departed towards rebel-held areas...

23 Dec 2016 9:39 AM IST

Bana al-Abed (left) with PM Erdogan. (Photo: Twitter | @RT_Erdogan)

Rescued Syrian Twitter star Bana meets Turkish PM

The young Syrian girl was one of thousands of people evacuated from Aleppo in the last days under a deal brokered by...

21 Dec 2016 6:15 PM IST

People fleeing rebel-held eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo into the Sheikh Maqsoud area that is controlled by Kurdish fighters, Syria. (Photo: AP)

'Can't lose any more': Desperate civilians brave Aleppo front line

A crowd of new arrivals waited in the cold to register their names with Syrian authorities and receive food, mattresses...

1 Dec 2016 7:28 PM IST

A ball of fire rises following an air strike hits insurgents positions in eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria. (Photo: AP)

Syrian troops shell Aleppo's rebel enclave

Civilians continued to stream out of the ever-shrinking enclave, residents and opposition groups said.

9 Dec 2016 2:46 PM IST

A Syrian family, that were displaced from east Aleppo last month, return to their homes in the Hanano district of eastern Aleppo, Syria. (Photo: AP)

Aleppo residents dream of home, find rubble instead

More than half of Syria's population has been displaced by the conflict that began with anti-government protests in...

5 Dec 2016 2:21 PM IST