Bashar al-Assad

Copenhagen orders refugees back to Damascus claiming security has ‘improved significantly’

Trump’s withdrawal of troops from Syria hampers the fight against Islamic State

First vote since 2011 comes as Russia-backed government forces prepare major assault on Idlib

Report suggests the nation would join US-led air strikes in the event of another chemical attack

Rare confrontation could provoke tensions as Assad forces fight to regain border territory

City of Deraa, where the uprising began more than seven years ago, falls ‘without a fight’

Controversial president reportedly admires the ‘outstanding political calibre’ of Kim Jong Un

In a veiled threat, Israel confirms it destroyed Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007

Government air strikes prompt mass exodus and mark ‘beginning of the end’ for rebels

Syrian news agency says US targeted forces fighting Islamic State

Turkish-backed rebel representatives refuses to leave airport in protest over ‘branding’

Analysts suspect he will not relinquish his growing influence in the region

Russian president to push world leaders for Syrian peace plan after Assad meeting

Special envoy Staffan de Mistura says Syrian rebels must give up their armed struggle and try to ‘win the peace’

Amnesty launches a campaign against abduction to mark International Day of the Disappeared

In Depth: Russia claims report contains inconsistencies and unverified evidence

Comparing the Nazi leader with Assad is a 'moral horror' and risks trivialising the scale of Hitler's crimes, say critics

In a conflict involving countries far beyond the Syrian borders, we take a look at the nations involved and the sides they are on

Former presidential candidate says she pushed US to 'move aggressively' against Syrian regime in 2012

As one of the most severe humanitarian crises since World War II enters its seventh year, what has changed?

Several theories have been put forward about Putin's motivation for intervening in the Syrian war

US launches attacks on Islamic State without UN mandate or consent from the Syrian regime

William Hague makes it clear that prior approval from Parliament would not be necessary

Can 'coalition of the willing' come together to deal with Islamic State? Not if Cameron can help it

Secret plan came from army top brass: create rebel army so Syrians could defeat Assad themselves

Government under pressure to do something about British jihadists joining Islamist takeover campaign

Main opposition boycotts election, describing it as 'theatre written with the blood of Syrians'

For a start, we now know Bashar Assad’s regime does detain children. But there’s more…

Ceasefire set to continue in the 'capital of the revolution', but what's next for Geneva II?

Evidence of 'systemic killing' by government officials emerges day before start of peace talks

There's a 'schism' between those in West who want Assad gone and those who fear what replaces him