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How has war affected Syria’s oil and gas sector?
The eight-year war has seen the capital lose control of major oil fields, making the country lose billions of dollars
Syrians go hungry as conflict soars
The UN has warned it is unable to deliver food to up to a million hungry and desperate Syrians because of spiralling violence and a lack of fuel.
Safety first for Syria’s teachers and pupils
Teachers are doing what they can to find safe places to ensure children continue to get the education they need in conflict ridden Syria.
Nobel laureate warns of ‘somalisation’ of Syria
Nobel Peace laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has warned Syria risks becoming a new Somalia as he voiced pessimism at any quick solution to the bloodshed.
Fighting ruptures ragged Syrian ceasefire
Fighting has erupted in a Damascus suburb and around a Syrian army base as a truce marking a Muslim holiday crumbled almost before it had begun.
Egypt’s Morsi assumes major role in Middle East
Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi has assigned himself the heavyweight role in the Middle East, saying civil war in Syria is the "tragedy of the age".
Syria is a regional calamity, says Ban Ki-moon
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has issued a strong rebuke over security council inaction, saying world leaders "should not look the other way".
Deep Read: The tortured children of Syria’s war
In the bleak, windswept landscape of the swelling Za’atari camp in Jordan, child refugees are struggling to cope with the horrors of Syria’s war.
Syria: Foreign fighters join the war against Assad
Jihadi veterans of Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan have joined up with foreign idealists on the frontline of Aleppo against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad.
Iran confirms military stationed in Syria
Iran has confirmed for the first time that forces from its revolutionary guards corps are in Syria helping Assad’s government crush the rebellion.
Syrian town caught up in fierce power struggles
Syrian troops have bombarded a central area of Aleppo after a day of fierce clashes with rebels who tried to take the regime-controlled district.
Red Cross chief meets Assad over Syrians’ plight
Red Cross chief Peter Maurer has held a "positive" meeting with Bashar al-Assad in Syria during which he voiced concerns over humanitarian abuses.
Gulf states slam Syria after new regime killings
The Arab Gulf has slated Syria’s regime for deploying heavy weapons against civilians, as more than 100 people were killed in bombings and air raids.
UN Security Council to meet on Syria as fighting rages
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Thursday to tackle deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Syria.
Syria’s Armenians flee to ancestral homeland
As the passengers from battle-ravaged Aleppo disembarked at Yerevan’s Zvartnots airport, tearful relatives gripped them tightly in emotional embraces.