Asia Syria The Islamic State has reportedly killed a number of Syrian government forces soldiers in the last 48 hours in central Syria, at a time when ISIS is escalating its attacks in the country
Asia Syria €10 million of EU funds to UNICEF will support 9.000 vulnerable children and young people living in Syrian refugee camps to improve the education, integration and welfare throughout Jordan, including those attending schools in refugee camps
Asia Syria Syria and Iraq warned of dangerous consequences following US attacks targeting facilities of Iranian-backed militants in Iraq and Syria
Asia Syria UN aid workers said they are deeply concerned about attacks on civilians in north-east Syria and warned that flooding in the north-west of the country threatens displaced people
Asia Syria A former Syrian army general, Mohammed Hamo, 65, resident in Sweden, will appear before a Stockholm court for his alleged role in war crimes committed in Syria in 2012
Asia Syria Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Bassam Sabbagh urged the UN to act to stop Israeli violations and aggression against Syria's national sovereignty
Asia Syria The main churches have limited their celebrations to Christmas prayers in solidarity with Palestinians suffering from the war in Gaza: 'in Palestine, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, people are suffering,' said the Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo
Asia Syria Students from the Syrian Scientific Olympiad and the National Centre for Excellence won two bronze and silver medals and a certificate of appreciation at the International Scientific Physics Olympiad at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Asia Syria The UN World Food Programme said it will end its main assistance programme in January in war-torn Syria, where more than 12 million people do not have regular access to enough food
Asia Syria Russia, a Syria's ally, condemned the Israeli air strikes at Damascus International Airport, calling them provocative and dangerous
Asia Syria Israeli military aircraft have carried out an act of aggression against Syria, as announced in a statement by the Israeli army, which claimed the necessity of the attack in response to rocket fire from Syria towards the occupied Golan Heights
Asia Syria The Syrian Network for Human Rights published its monthly report summarising the situation in October; among other topics it highlights that Russian-Syrian alliance forces carried out at least 85 attacks on vital civilian facilities in north-west Syria
Asia Syria Israeli fighter jets struck Aleppo International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, knocking it out of service, according to Syrian state media, marking the fourth such alleged attack in a fortnight