Rami Abdulrahman

Truce due to start Saturday but Assad opponents expect government to press on

Source says at least 250 dead after ‘massacre among the civilians’ in government-held areas

Stoltenberg says alliance ready to defend allies after Russian jets violate Turkish airspace

Ground attacks, air strikes in Syria hit four insurgent-held areas, according to monitor

New types of air and ground weapons supplied by Russia in use, according to source

Jihadists demolish notorious government prison in historic Syrian city of Palmyra

Deaths included women and children who ‘did not follow orders’, state media says

One third of Palmyra’s residents have fled from the militants, says UN

The Jihadist group execute 23 people including nine children and five women

Casualties mount as fighter jets hit insurgent hideouts in northern Latakia countryside

Sunni Muslim militant group is one of the two most powerful anti-Assad forces in Syria

No word on fate of Syrian Christians abducted by Islamic State

Observatory for Human Rights says at least 30 killed in clashes across besieged town

At least 120 were wounded in 10 air strikes on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa

Turkey describes as unrealistic any expectation it would conduct a crossborder operation to relieve mainly Kurdish town

US military claims Kurds ‘seem to control’ Syrian border town after airstrikes