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Syria relies on Russia’s oil despite pivot to the West

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Syria's history

Syria or where abstract symbols first became structured language

Damascus exhibition reveals Syria’s role in the birth of writing

Israel-Syria unrest

Olabi: Israeli forces are seeking to provoke the Syrian population

UN and Syria accuse Israel of destabilising south as tensions mount

Cultural heritage

Beyond tradition and technique, the craft is also gaining renewed relevance

In Damascus Citadel, father and son keep Syria’s pottery craft alive

Syria's transitional justice

Atif Najib, a relative of Assad, appeared in court in handcuffs

Syria opens first Assad-era trial as transitional justice process begins

Syrian War

White Helmets rescue volunteers gather at the site of an air strike on a market in the town of Maarat al-Numan

Air raids kill civilians in northwest Syria

S-400 missile system

Russian S-400 missile defence system

Turkey readying for potential US sanctions over S-400s

Chemical Weapons

US has twice bombed Syria over Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons

US sees signs Syria may be using chemical weapons

Syrian Regime

HRW said those targeted included family members, as well former opposition activists and rebel fighters

Rights group says Damascus harassing former enemies

Ramadan

"Nothing is the same."

Sumptuous Ramadan feasts no longer in Damascus

Idlib

A Syrian government soldier walks past mortar shells in the village of Qalaat al-Madiq

Rebels reinforce Syria frontlines amid lull in bombing

Syrian War

Destroyed ambulances and vehicles of the Syrian Civil Defence

Russia pressed to answer for Idlib hospital attacks

Turkey - Russia

Clashes in Idlib province in northwestern Syria have killed at least 42 fighters in 24 hour

Erdogan says Syria regime sabotaging Turkey-Russia ties

Syrian War

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that around 200,000 people have gone missing since the start of the conflict

Rights groups urge all sides to act on Syria’s missing

'Only jihadists and military might can be relied on'

Jolani urges backers to take up arms to defend Idlib

Syrian War

Plumes rising from shelling by government forces on the town of Khan Sheikhun

Aid groups suspend activities as fighting rages in northwest Syria

Idlib unrest

Idlib region is the last major bastion to remain outside the control of the Syrian government

France warns new Aleppo must be prevented in Idlib

Aleppo

Men swim in a pool in Aleppo's Bab al-Ahmar public bathhouse

Syrians return to bathhouses in Aleppo

Syrian War

Qalaat al-Madiq was the rebel area closest to the Russian Hmeimim airbase at Latakia

Syrian government captures Qalaat al-Madiq

Assault on Idlib

A man sits amidst the rubble of a building in Idlib, destroyed during airstrikes by the Syrian regime

Syrian doctors overwhelmed as regime bombs rebel enclave

Syrian War

Photo shows al-Qaeda-linked militants learning how to use a heavy weapon in the countryside of Idlib

Jihadists pose challenge to aid effort in northwest Syria

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