Syria

Syrian government forces have been accused of dropping barrel bombs containing chlorine from helicopters in Aleppo, injuring 80 people. Video

At least 40 people have been killed in bombings in mainly government-held areas of Syria, state media report.

A Melbourne woman is begging the New Zealand government to grant her partner a visa to save him from being deported to Syria.

One of the longest-serving and most prominent leaders of so-called Islamic State has been killed in Aleppo, IS-affiliated media say.

At least 25 people have been killed as Turkey continues to target Kurdish-held areas in Syria, near the border city of Jarablus.

Turkey has begun a military offensive to drive Islamic State militants out of Northern Syria.

A photograph of a dazed and bloodied Syrian boy rescued from a destroyed building in Aleppo after an air strike has caused outrage around the world. Video

A New Zealand man who attempted to join the conflict in Syria should not be treated as harshly as people found guilty of terror offences, a court in Australia has been told.

The UN is investigating evidence of a toxic gas attack on a rebel-held area of the Syrian city of Aleppo.

At least four people died when a gas, believed to be chlorine, was dropped alongside barrel bombs on a neighbourhood of the Syrian city.

A Russian military helicopter has been shot down in Syria, killing all five people on board.

People allowed to flee besieged areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo using new humanitarian corridors must be given protection, the Red Cross says.

Syrian rebel fighters have launched an assault on government-held districts of Aleppo, after troops cut their only route into the divided northern city.

The family of an American journalist Marie Colvin has filed a lawsuit accusing the Syrian government of deliberately killing her.

Turkish border guards have shot dead at least 11 Syrians, mostly from one family, as they tried to cross into Turkey, a human rights monitor says.