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

Business booms at Jordan's Zaatari camp

Wednesday, July 30th 2014, 0:06
related countries: Jordan

Syrian refugees spotting business opportunities in Jordan camp
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No place to hide for children of war

Sunday, July 27th 2014, 23:09

Lyse Doucet on the plight of children in Syria and Gaza
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Isis 'may be on UN war crimes list'

Saturday, July 26th 2014, 14:21
related countries: Iraq

Fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) may be added to a list of war crimes suspects in Syria, a UN investigator says.
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VIDEO: Isis 'overruns' Syrian military base

Friday, July 25th 2014, 22:26
related countries: Iraq

Fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) say they have taken over a large Syrian army base on the outskirts of the city of Raqqa in north-eastern Syria.
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Isis 'overruns' Syrian military base

Friday, July 25th 2014, 16:11
related countries: Iraq

Fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) say they have overrun a large Syrian military base on the outskirts of the city of Raqqa.
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UN sends 'unofficial' aid to Syria

Thursday, July 24th 2014, 21:39
related places: Damascus

The first UN aid shipment to Syria delivered without the consent of the government has arrived in the north of the country.
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Norway in Syria-linked terror alert

Thursday, July 24th 2014, 11:01
related countries: Norway

Norway is boosting security because of an imminent threat from people linked to Islamist militants in Syria, Norway's intelligence chief says.
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Syria deaths mount as world looks on

Thursday, July 24th 2014, 1:40

Fighting continues, as Syria's Assad strengthens his position
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VIDEO: Hundreds die in Syria 'deadliest week'

Wednesday, July 23rd 2014, 17:31

More than 1,700 people have reportedly been killed in seven days as fighting in Syria intensifies.
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The international team trying to save Syrian antiquities

Monday, July 21st 2014, 15:40

Experts try to save Syria's art from afar
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Syrians in prison 'despite amnesty'

Friday, July 18th 2014, 16:34

Many activists in Syria remain in detention despite an amnesty declared last month, a group of 12 human rights and civil society groups says.
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The Belgian fathers who lost their sons in Syria

Friday, July 18th 2014, 9:58
related countries: Belgium

Pain of Belgian father who lost his son to Isis
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While Iraq burns, Isis takes advantage in Syria

Friday, July 18th 2014, 1:18

While Iraq burns, Isis takes advantage in Syria
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Assad sworn in for third Syria term

Wednesday, July 16th 2014, 11:05

Bashar al-Assad is sworn in for a third seven-year term as president of Syria, after an election last month that opponents dismissed as a "farce".
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UN authorises Syria aid convoys

Monday, July 14th 2014, 18:14

The UN Security Council unanimously adopts a resolution on Syria allowing aid convoys to go into rebel-held areas without government approval.
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VIDEO: Baby rescued from rubble in Aleppo

Friday, July 11th 2014, 23:47
related places: Aleppo

A two-month-old baby has been rescued from under rubble in the war-battered city of Aleppo in Syria.
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Seeking missing sons in Syria

Friday, July 11th 2014, 14:32

The Belgians trying to win their sons back from Isis
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VIDEO: Meet man hunting sons lost to Isis

Friday, July 11th 2014, 14:15
related countries: Belgium

The BBC's Duncan Crawford meets a parent headed to Syria to try to persuade his son to abandon the militant group Isis and go home to Belgium.
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The ancient sites targeted by high-tech guns

Wednesday, July 9th 2014, 23:30

How ancient treasures in Syria are being bombed to pieces
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France eyes anti-terror travel ban

Wednesday, July 9th 2014, 16:21
related countries: France, Iraq

The French government proposes travels bans to stop citizens travelling to Syria and Iraq to fight alongside Islamist militants.
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Syria opposition elects new leader

Wednesday, July 9th 2014, 16:09
related countries: Turkey

Syria's main opposition alliance, the National Coalition, elects Hadi al-Bahra as its new president at a meeting in Turkey.
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VIDEO: UK sold sarin ingredients to Syria

Wednesday, July 9th 2014, 15:08
related countries: United Kingdom

UK companies were the sole supplier to Syria of three important ingredients in the production of deadly nerve agent sarin, BBC Newsnight learns.
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UK sold sarin ingredients to Syria

Tuesday, July 8th 2014, 21:30
related countries: United Kingdom

UK companies were the sole supplier to Syria of three important ingredients in the production of deadly nerve agent sarin, BBC Newsnight learns.
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US warns Europe over Syrian fighters

Tuesday, July 8th 2014, 20:43
related countries: United States

The US attorney general has called on European governments to be more aggressive preventing its own citizens from joining the fighting in Syria.
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British pair admit terror charges

Tuesday, July 8th 2014, 16:13
related countries: United Kingdom

Two British men who travelled to Syria to join rebel fighters plead guilty at Woolwich Crown Court to preparing to carry out terrorist acts.
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UK doctor death not suicide - inmates

Tuesday, July 8th 2014, 7:31
related countries: United Kingdom

A UK doctor who was found dead in prison in Syria did not not kill himself as Syrian officials claim, two of his former inmates say.
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VIDEO: Syria UK doctor 'did not kill himself'

Monday, July 7th 2014, 21:46
related countries: United Kingdom

Two men, who were in prison with a British doctor in Syria, have spoken for the first time about his death and have cast doubt on the official Syrian explanation.
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Rise in Ukrainians seeking EU asylum

Monday, July 7th 2014, 15:46
related countries: Eritrea, Ukraine

The EU reports a sudden rise in Ukrainian asylum seekers, though many more claims come from Syrian and Eritrean refugees.
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Britain expands Syria border aid

Saturday, July 5th 2014, 13:46
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Cross

Cross-border aid operations into Syria are being boosted with more than £46m of aid from the UK, the International Development Secretary says.
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Jihadists' assets frozen by Treasury

Friday, July 4th 2014, 20:53
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Cardiff

Two men from Cardiff who have joined a jihadists group in Syria have their assets frozen by the UK government.
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Briton in Syria calls UK 'pure evil'

Friday, July 4th 2014, 10:23
related countries: Iraq, United Kingdom

A British man who claims he has been fighting in Syria says he will not return until the "black flag of Islam" is flying over Buckingham Palace.
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VIDEO: The British trying to bring aid to Syria

Friday, July 4th 2014, 9:19
related countries: United Kingdom

British citizens have been warned by the government not to travel to Syria for any reason - but some are ignoring the warnings and going anyway.
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UK planned to train Syrian rebels

Thursday, July 3rd 2014, 21:30
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK drew up plans to train and equip a 100,000-strong Syrian rebel army to defeat President Bashar al-Assad, BBC Newsnight has learned.
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US woman 'tried to support Isis'

Thursday, July 3rd 2014, 1:52
related countries: United States
related places: Denver

A Denver woman was arrested for allegedly trying to provide support to Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (Isis), it has emerged.
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Syria chemical arms leave Italy

Thursday, July 3rd 2014, 0:38
related countries: Italy, United States

A US ship carrying deadly material from Syria's chemical weapons programme leaves Italy in the final phases of the destruction of the arsenal.
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VIDEO: Syrian chemical weapons delivered

Wednesday, July 2nd 2014, 8:56

The process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons stockpile is to enter a new phase.
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UK police squeeze Syria aid convoys

Tuesday, July 1st 2014, 23:26
related countries: United Kingdom

UK police suspicion squeezes Syria aid convoys
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Isis leader issues call to Muslims

Tuesday, July 1st 2014, 17:51
related countries: Iraq

The leader of the Isis jihadist group calls on Muslims to travel to Iraq and Syria to help build an Islamic state, in a new audio message.
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VIDEO: Isis bulldozes into 'Islamic state'

Monday, June 30th 2014, 12:45
related countries: Iraq

Jihadist militant group Isis has said it is establishing a caliphate, or Islamic state, on the territories it controls in Iraq and Syria.
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Isis rebels declare 'Islamic state'

Monday, June 30th 2014, 9:35
related countries: Iraq

Jihadist militant group Isis declares the establishment of a caliphate, or Islamic state, on the territories it controls in Iraq and Syria.
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Imams urge fighters to shun Syria

Friday, June 27th 2014, 15:50
related countries: United Kingdom

Imams from mosques around the UK use Friday prayers to urge young British men to avoid travelling to Syria to fight in the country's civil war.
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Obama seeks $500m for Syria rebels

Thursday, June 26th 2014, 20:41

President Barack Obama asks the US Congress for $500m (£294m) to train and equip what he described as "moderate" Syrian opposition forces.
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VIDEO: Assad 'responsible' for rise of Isis

Thursday, June 26th 2014, 17:11

Foreign Secretary William Hague says the Syrian regime are directly to blame for the rise of Islamist militant group Isis.
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Iraqi PM welcomes Syrian air strikes

Thursday, June 26th 2014, 14:50
related countries: Iraq

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki tells the BBC he supports an air strike on Islamist militants at a border crossing between Iraq and Syria.
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VIDEO: 'Emergency Cinema' tells Syrian stories

Wednesday, June 25th 2014, 23:01
related places: Damascus

A group of filmmakers based in Damascus are gaining attention for their short videos about ordinary Syrians.
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VIDEO: Syrian refugees 'beaten in Lebanon'

Wednesday, June 25th 2014, 5:41
related countries: Lebanon

Lebanon's policy has been to allow all Syrians refuge within the country, but the BBC has spoken to one man who says he was mistreated by the Lebanese army.
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UK teenager was 'radicalised by imam'

Tuesday, June 24th 2014, 6:57
related countries: United Kingdom

The father of a Briton who travelled to Syria tells the BBC he believes his son was radicalised by an imam at a UK mosque.
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Israeli air strikes target Syria

Monday, June 23rd 2014, 16:53
related countries: Israel

Israel says it has carried out air strikes against military targets in Syria, after a teenager was killed by firing from Syria in the occupied Golan Heights.
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Last of Syrian chemical arms removed

Monday, June 23rd 2014, 14:43

The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons have been shipped out of the country for destruction, the international watchdog OPCW says.
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Iraq 'loses western border control'

Monday, June 23rd 2014, 4:28
related countries: Iraq, Jordan

Iraq's government loses control of its western borders after Sunni militants seize crossings into Syria and Jordan, reports say.
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Tracking all Syria Britons 'impossible'

Monday, June 23rd 2014, 4:27

Security services will not be able to monitor all of the Britons who return to the country after fighting in Syria, a former MI6 counter-terrorism official says.
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Syria truce over 'desperate' camp

Sunday, June 22nd 2014, 22:14

The Syrian government and rebel groups reportedly agree a truce for Yarmouk refugee camp, where 18,000 are living in desperate conditions.
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UK Syria fighters a 'long-term threat'

Sunday, June 22nd 2014, 17:10
related countries: United Kingdom

Police in the UK will have to deal with the threat of British fighters returning from Syria for "many years", a senior Scotland Yard officer tells the BBC.
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Israeli teen 'killed by Syria fire'

Sunday, June 22nd 2014, 11:55
related countries: Israel

A teenager becomes the first Israeli to be killed by firing from Syria in the occupied Golan Heights since the start of the Syria conflict, Israel says.
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VIDEO: Europe 'is safety' for Syrian refugees

Sunday, June 22nd 2014, 7:21
related countries: Italy

Europe has seen an increasing number of refugees in recent months, with many coming across the Mediterranean from Africa and heading for Italy.
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Family 'heartbroken' by jihad video

Saturday, June 21st 2014, 17:41
related countries: United Kingdom

The father of a British man who has appeared in a video aimed at recruiting fighters for the Islamist militant group Isis says he is "heartbroken" his son left the UK to fight in Syria.
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VIDEO: Obama dismisses Syria arms 'fantasy'

Saturday, June 21st 2014, 7:40
related countries: United States

President Obama has dismissed the idea that supplying US arms to Syrian rebels would have toppled President Assad, calling it a "fantasy".
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MI5 focus on tracking Syria fighters

Friday, June 20th 2014, 21:41

Tracking British jihadists in Syria is now the top priority for MI5, as footage appears to show British men trying to recruit people to fight in Iraq.
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Car bomb 'kills dozens' in Syria

Friday, June 20th 2014, 13:08

A car bomb kills at least 34 people in a Syrian government-controlled village in central Hama province, state media say.
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'Abuses' by Kurdish rulers in Syria

Thursday, June 19th 2014, 15:08

Human Rights Watch says Kurdish authorities ruling parts of northern Syria have committed rights abuses including arbitrary arrests and beatings.
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Chemical use in Syria 'systematic'

Wednesday, June 18th 2014, 13:19

A team from the world's chemical weapons watchdog believes toxic chemicals such as chlorine are being used in a "systematic manner" in Syria.
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Defiance inside Damascus rebel suburb

Tuesday, June 17th 2014, 11:41
related places: Damascus

Finding defiance on both sides of the fight in Damascus
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Spain arrests eight in 'ISIS cell'

Monday, June 16th 2014, 15:29
related countries: Iraq, Spain

Spanish police have detained eight people on suspicion of recruiting militants to fight in Syria and Iraq, officials say.
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VIDEO: 'ISIS cell' arrested at Spain apartment

Monday, June 16th 2014, 14:17
related countries: Iraq, Spain

Tom Burridge reports on the arrest of eight people on suspicion of recruiting militants in Spain to fight in Syria and Iraq
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VIDEO: Orphan, and head of family, aged 10

Monday, June 16th 2014, 11:57
related places: Aleppo, Damascus

The BBC's Jeremy Bowen is the first western journalist to enter the government-held part of Aleppo by road from Damascus. He meets those left behind.
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Blair: 'We didn't cause Iraq crisis'

Sunday, June 15th 2014, 13:25
related countries: Iraq, United Kingdom

Western inaction over Syria is behind the current insurgency in Iraq, says Tony Blair, but critics accuse the ex-PM of "washing his hands" over the crisis.
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VIDEO: 'Common approach for Iraq and Syria'

Thursday, June 12th 2014, 0:13
related countries: Iraq

Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for a core group of countries to work together to help Iraq and Syria resolve the conflicts in their countries.
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Ex-envoy: Syria 'to be failed state'

Sunday, June 8th 2014, 18:18
related countries: Somalia

Syria could become a "failed state" similar to Somalia, former UN envoy to the country Lakhdar Brahimi warns.
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ISIS 'kills 7 children' in Syria

Friday, June 6th 2014, 0:26

Seven children were among 15 civilians summarily killed by jihadist rebels in a feud with Kurds in the north, Amnesty International says.
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