Syria

Syria mass graves: Grim task of searching for and naming the dead

Less than 10km (six miles) from the busy city centre of Damascus, in the north-western suburb of Adra, an arid…

2 years ago

Middle East crisis: Live updates from Gaza, Syria and Security Council

Senior UN officials have been meeting representatives of the new caretaker government in Syria, following the end of the Assad…

2 years ago

UN envoy calls for increased aid for Syria in Damascus visit

The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, arrived there a week after President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by rebel…

2 years ago

US, Turkey and Arab officials back peaceful transition in Syria

The talk both inside and outside Syria after the tumultuous events of recent weeks has been of the vital importance…

2 years ago

Syria: Stories from people freed from Saydnaya torture prison

These accounts paint a picture of a place with no hope, only pain.The prisoners spent much of their time in…

2 years ago

UN Special Envoy continues shuttle diplomacy on Syria

Geir Petersen is due to confer with Arab foreign ministers, the Foreign Minister of Türkiye, US Secretary of State and…

2 years ago

Syria: Former prison head charged with torture in US

According to a statement from the US Attorney's Office, Central District of California, Alsheikh concealed his employment at the prison…

2 years ago

Trump says Syria ‘not our fight’. Staying out may not be so easy

Trump's rhetoric harkens back to how he talked about Syria during his first term, when he derided the country –…

2 years ago

‘I wish he’d lived to see new Syria’: Crowds bury anti-Assad activist

Warning: This article contains graphic details of torture"We gave our blood and soul to the revolution," crowds chanted, as they…

2 years ago

Syria rebel leader vows to shut down notorious Assad prisons

A chemical weapon is described by the UN's chemical watchdog, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), as…

2 years ago