News: Syria

We have started to collect the most important news related to Syria in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Syria: news

Putin assures Netanyahu over Syria

Monday, September 21st 2015, 17:31
related countries: Israel, Russia
related places: Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to allay Israeli concerns at Russia's military build-up in Syria during top-level talks in Moscow.
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Ofcom backs BBC in Russian TV case

Monday, September 21st 2015, 14:52
related countries: Russia

The BBC has won a case against TV station RT (formerly Russia Today), which claimed the corporation had faked a news report on Syria.
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New US-backed rebels 'enter Syria'

Sunday, September 20th 2015, 10:18
related countries: Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

A group of 75 US-backed rebels has crossed into northern Syria from Turkey to fight jihadists there, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.
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A Syrian love story

Sunday, September 20th 2015, 1:09

How revolution, war and exile changed a marriage
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The solution to Syria runs through Moscow

Saturday, September 19th 2015, 17:03
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

How the solution to Syria runs through Moscow
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Kerry seeks push to end Syria conflict

Saturday, September 19th 2015, 13:39
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

US Secretary of State John Kerry calls for a fresh diplomatic push to end the Syria conflict, after talks in London with the UK's Philip Hammond.
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Syria 'launches air raids on Palmyra'

Saturday, September 19th 2015, 8:58

Syrian war planes launch one of the heaviest bombardments yet on the city of Palmyra, held by Islamic State militants, activists say.
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VIDEO: 'It's a journey for a new life'

Friday, September 18th 2015, 21:39
related countries: Germany

Najeen Mustafa, a 16 year old from Syria is trying to reach her brother in Germany.
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US-Russia defence talks over Syria

Friday, September 18th 2015, 21:20
related countries: Russia, United States

US and Russian defence ministers hold their first talks in more than a year, discussing the conflict in Syria and how to avoid clashing with each other on the ground.
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Russian troops 'fear Syria mission'

Friday, September 18th 2015, 13:14
related countries: Russia

A top Russian human rights body says it has been contacted by Russian soldiers who fear being sent to fight in Syria.
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VIDEO: Pianist of Yarmouk's journey to Europe

Friday, September 18th 2015, 12:02

Ayham al-Ahmad, the pianist of Yarmouk, records his journey, as he leaves Syria for Europe.
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Yarmouk pianist's perilous journey to Greece

Friday, September 18th 2015, 2:26
related countries: Greece

Following a famed pianist's journey from Syria to Greece
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VIDEO: Exhausted Syrian 'to walk all night'

Thursday, September 17th 2015, 20:58

A Syrian migrant explains why he will keep walking through the night to reach his destination.
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VIDEO: Tripped migrants 'happy' to be in Spain

Thursday, September 17th 2015, 14:29
related countries: Hong Kong, Spain

The Syrian refugee who was tripped up by a Hungarian camerawoman says he is 'happy' to be in Spain.
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Syria rebel training 'a failure'

Thursday, September 17th 2015, 10:00
related countries: United States

A US scheme to train Syrian rebels to combat Islamic State draws strong condemnation after a military official admits "only four or five" are still fighting.
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VIDEO: What is Russia's role in Syria?

Thursday, September 17th 2015, 1:33
related countries: Russia

As Russia strengthens its military relationship with Syria, the BBC's Paul Adams looks at what is known about the ties between the two countries.
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VIDEO: Disabled Syrian teenager's journey across borders

Wednesday, September 16th 2015, 22:11
related countries: Croatia

The BBC's Fergal Keane meets Noujain Mustaffa, a 16-year-old disabled girl from Kobane in Syria, who is making the long journey to a new life through Croatia with her sister.
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Assad vows not to 'quit under pressure'

Wednesday, September 16th 2015, 18:32
related countries: Iran, Russia

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells Russian TV that he will not leave under foreign pressure and says Iran is "at Syria's side".
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Syrian refugees 'to arrive in UK soon'

Wednesday, September 16th 2015, 14:05
related countries: United Kingdom

The first Syrian refugees taken in under the government's expanded resettlement scheme will arrive "in the coming days", the home secretary says.
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US presses Russia on Syria build-up

Wednesday, September 16th 2015, 2:27
related countries: Russia, United States
related places: Moscow

US Secretary of State John Kerry calls his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for a third time to clarify Moscow's military build-up in Syria.
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Australia launches Syria air strikes

Tuesday, September 15th 2015, 23:12
related countries: Aruba

The Australian government has confirmed it has launched its first air strikes against IS targets inside Syria.
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Rebel rockets 'kill 20' in Syria

Tuesday, September 15th 2015, 20:46
related places: Aleppo

At least 20 people are killed in rebel shelling of a government-held area of Aleppo, with further violence in the Kurdish-held city of Hassakeh.
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Russia makes military pledge to Syria

Tuesday, September 15th 2015, 19:29
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

Russia's Vladimir Putin pledges to continue military support for the Syrian government, despite Western concerns over Moscow's role.
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VIDEO: Syria: On the front line in Damascus

Tuesday, September 15th 2015, 11:42
related places: Damascus

Syria conflict: Jeremy Bowen reports from the front line in Damascus where shelling is having terrible consequences on both sides.
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Russia plans Syria air base, says US

Monday, September 14th 2015, 22:03
related countries: Russia, United States
related places: Latakia, Moscow

Russia's recent movements near Syria's city of Latakia suggest Moscow plans to establish a "forward air operating base" there, the US says.
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VIDEO: Smugglers 'deliberately holed boat'

Monday, September 14th 2015, 17:16
related countries: Greece, Iraq

A man who survived after a boat crowded with refugees and migrants from Iraq and Syria sank near a Greek island, says he believes the smugglers deliberately holed the boat.
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Syrian car bombs kill 'at least 20'

Monday, September 14th 2015, 16:34

Two car bombs in the northern Syrian city of Hassakeh have killed at least 20 people and injured 40, state TV reports.
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Follow UK's lead on refugees - Cameron

Monday, September 14th 2015, 16:06
related countries: Lebanon

David Cameron calls on other EU countries to "step up to the plate" and fund refugee camps near Syria, while on a visit to Lebanon and Jordan.
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VIDEO: Syrian boy's death 'touched millions'

Monday, September 14th 2015, 15:10

The aunt of a Syrian boy, Alan Kurdi, who drowned with his mother and brother as they tried to reach Europe says his death "touched millions" and explains why she is lobbying a meeting of European politicians.
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VIDEO: The subterranean war raging in Syria

Monday, September 14th 2015, 9:36
related places: Damascus

The BBC's Jeremy Bowen reports from Jobar on the edge of central Damascus, on a network of tunnels being used in Syrian conflict.
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VIDEO: Cameron: 'I wanted to see for myself'

Monday, September 14th 2015, 7:26
related countries: Lebanon

David Cameron has visited a Lebanese refugee camp amid the crisis triggered by war in neighbouring Syria.
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Syria: No sign of Assad regime crumbling

Monday, September 14th 2015, 6:02

Why no end is in sight to the Syrian conflict
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Ending Syria war 'key to migrant crisis'

Monday, September 14th 2015, 5:04
related countries: Iraq, United States

Ending the conflict in Syria and Iraq is key to solving the migrant crisis facing Europe, a senior US official tells the BBC.
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VIDEO: Fight against IS 'a long-term struggle'

Monday, September 14th 2015, 5:02
related countries: Iraq, United States

Ending the conflict in Syria and Iraq is key to solving the migrant crisis facing Europe, a senior US official has told the BBC.
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VIDEO: One Syrian's tragic bid to reach Europe

Sunday, September 13th 2015, 22:28
related countries: Greece

The family of a young Syrian man, who drowned crossing a river in Greece, have spoken about their perilous journey to reach Europe.
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VIDEO: Emergency talks on refugee crisis

Sunday, September 13th 2015, 7:14
related countries: Saudi Arabia

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation will hold an emergency meeting in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Sunday to discuss the Syrian refugee crisis.
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Russian cargo planes arrive in Syria

Saturday, September 12th 2015, 19:07
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

Two Russian military cargo planes arrive in Syria carrying humanitarian aid, state media say, amid reports that Moscow is stepping up its military support.
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VIDEO: Hungary prepares to seal off border

Saturday, September 12th 2015, 15:30
related countries: Hong Kong

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called on the European Union to give Syria's neighbours more financial aid to help those displaced by the civil war.
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Hungary PM calls for Syria aid package

Saturday, September 12th 2015, 2:07
related countries: Hong Kong

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban calls on the EU to give Syria's neighbours €3bn (£2.2bn) in a bid to end the migrant crisis in Europe.
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VIDEO: What hope for Jordan's Syrian refugees?

Friday, September 11th 2015, 22:29
related countries: Jordan, United Kingdom

The United Nations say some Syrian refugees could be moved from camps in Jordan to Britain, within a year.
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Aid cuts driving Jordan's Syrian refugees to risk all

Friday, September 11th 2015, 21:30
related countries: Jordan

Aid cuts driving Jordan's Syrian refugees to risk all
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VIDEO: Huge cuts to food aid for refugees

Friday, September 11th 2015, 21:25

The World Food Programme is being forced to cut aid to vulnerable Syrian refugees in the Middle East.
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US official: 'IS making chemical arms'

Friday, September 11th 2015, 13:51
related countries: Iraq, United States

A US official tells the BBC there is growing belief within the US government that the so-called Islamic State is making and using crude chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria.
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Cumberbatch joins Syria charity drive

Friday, September 11th 2015, 9:24

Benedict Cumberbatch is supporting a charity single release for Syrian refugees, put together by Caitlin Moran and Pete Paphides.
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Speer's daughter and the Syrian refugees

Thursday, September 10th 2015, 23:08
related countries: Germany

A German woman helps two Syrians - and they help her
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US to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees

Thursday, September 10th 2015, 20:24
related countries: United States
related places: White House

President Barack Obama is calling for the US to prepare for "at least" 10,000 Syrian refugees next year, according to a White House spokesman.
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Syria's Armenians look to ancient homeland for safety

Thursday, September 10th 2015, 17:41

Syria's Armenians look to ancient homeland
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VIDEO: 'An exhausted quiet' on Greek migrant ferry

Thursday, September 10th 2015, 17:31
related countries: Greece

The BBC's Fergal Keane joins migrants, mainly from Syria, making the ferry crossing from the Greek island of Lesbos to the mainland.
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Syria civilians still under chemical attack

Thursday, September 10th 2015, 17:31

Reports of continuing use of chemical weapons in Syria
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Author Ness's refugee fund tops $1m

Thursday, September 10th 2015, 16:56

A campaign set up by author Patrick Ness to raise funds for Syrian refugees raises more than $1m (£650,000) in one week.
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VIDEO: New evidence of Syria chemical attacks

Thursday, September 10th 2015, 16:32

The BBC sees new evidence of chemical attacks being carried out in Syria, including the use of mustard gas and chlorine by both government and IS forces.
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VIDEO: Migration to Europe - why now?

Thursday, September 10th 2015, 4:34

Thousands of Syrian refugees have travelled to Europe, fleeing war in their country and seeking somewhere safe to live.
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The plight of Syria's internally displaced

Thursday, September 10th 2015, 0:02

The plight of Syria's internally displaced refugees
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Nato warns on Russian role in Syria

Wednesday, September 9th 2015, 20:36
related countries: Russia, United States

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg echoes the concerns of US officials over reports that Russia is increasing its military presence in Syria.
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Fundraising concert for refugee appeal

Wednesday, September 9th 2015, 15:37

A concert hosted by comedian John Bishop is to be held in Liverpool to raise money for those affected by the Syria refugee crisis.
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Jihadist rebels seize key Syria base

Wednesday, September 9th 2015, 12:52
related places: Idlib

A coalition of mainly Islamist Syrian rebels seize a key airbase in north-western province of Idlib after a long battle.
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Australia to take in 12,000 Syrians

Wednesday, September 9th 2015, 4:54
related countries: Australia

PM Tony Abbott says Australia will take in thousands more Syrian refugees, increase aid to the UN and join air strikes against IS militants in Syria.
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Who are these Russian fighters posting pics of themselves in Syria?

Tuesday, September 8th 2015, 23:35
related countries: Russia

Who are these Russian fighters posting pics?
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VIDEO: Snapshot of life inside Assad stronghold

Tuesday, September 8th 2015, 18:42

Syria's civil war continues to have a devastating effect and more than four million people have fled the country in search of safety.
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VIDEO: Meeting the Syrian pen seller

Tuesday, September 8th 2015, 17:59
related countries: Lebanon
related places: Beirut

Fiona Bruce meets the Syrian who was photographed selling pens in Beirut, sparking a massive fundraising campaign.
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UK 'would repeat Syria drone strike'

Tuesday, September 8th 2015, 17:39
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK would not hesitate to launch more secret drone strikes in Syria to thwart potential terror attacks, the defence secretary says.
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Bulgaria blocks Russian 'aid' planes

Tuesday, September 8th 2015, 15:08
related countries: Bulgaria, Russia

Bulgaria refuses Russian aircraft permission to cross its airspace amid fears that Russia is boosting its military support to Syria.
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Large dust storm hits Middle East

Tuesday, September 8th 2015, 13:25

A large dust storm hits western parts of the Middle East, putting dozens of people in hospital and halting fighting in parts of Syria.
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MPs to debate Syria refugee plan

Tuesday, September 8th 2015, 6:41
related countries: United Kingdom

An emergency debate will be held in Parliament later on Britain's plans to accept up to 20,000 refugees from Syria over the next five years.
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VIDEO: Bowen: Inside a hospital in Assad's heartland

Tuesday, September 8th 2015, 5:04

The war in Syria has now killed more than 200,000 people, and has made the country the largest exporter of refugees in the world, according to the UN.
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Two Britons killed in RAF Syria strike

Monday, September 7th 2015, 19:30
related countries: United Kingdom

Two British Islamic State jihadists were killed by an RAF drone strike in Syria, the PM says - the first targeted UK drone attack on its own nationals.
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VIDEO: Lost childhoods of refugees in Lebanon

Monday, September 7th 2015, 18:17
related countries: Lebanon

Thousands of refugees from war-torn Syria have made their way to Europe, but many thousands more are living in camps in nearby Lebanon.
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UK to accept 20,000 Syrian refugees

Monday, September 7th 2015, 17:11
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK will take in 20,000 refugees from Syria by 2020, David Cameron says, but Labour says it is not enough and secures an emergency Commons debate.
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France to prepare for IS air strikes

Monday, September 7th 2015, 10:55
related countries: France

President Francois Hollande of France says he has ordered preparations to start for air strikes on Islamic State militants in Syria.
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VIDEO: Timelapse: Two days at Munich station

Monday, September 7th 2015, 5:04

Over the weekend thousands of people, many of them Syrian refugees, arrived at Munich's central railway station.
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Aid budget 'to fund refugees response'

Sunday, September 6th 2015, 19:28
related countries: United Kingdom

Money from the UK's international aid budget is to be used to help councils to house refugees from Syria, Chancellor George Osborne says.
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US concerned by Russia's Syria moves

Saturday, September 5th 2015, 22:42
related countries: Russia, United States
related places: Moscow

US Secretary of State John Kerry voices concern to Moscow amid reports of a Russian military build-up in Syria in support of President Assad's forces.
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Heavy fighting at key Syria town

Saturday, September 5th 2015, 18:37

Fighting between rebels and Islamic State militants around the strategic Syrian town of Marea has left 47 dead, activists say.
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Councils seek more help with refugees

Saturday, September 5th 2015, 16:06
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: More

Council leaders call on central government to provide more resources to help them house extra refugees the UK is planning to accept.
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