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Up to $74.2 billion in revenue has been lost in the war, Oil and Mineral Resources Minister Ali Ghanem has said.(Aris Messinis/AFP)

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.

Syrian tanks

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.

Syrian protesters are enraged over the US’ black-listing of the Al-Nusra Front.

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.

Morsi’s supporters are under no illusions about what or who killed him. (AFP)

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".

A Syrian boy stands next to three bodies close to a hospital

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".

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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.

Syrian rebels hold their position as they try to root out Syrian government forces in the Amariya neighbourhood of Aleppo.

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.

A Free Syria Army fighter yells ‘Allahu Akbar’

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 troops have bombarded a central area of Aleppo after a day of fierce clashes with rebels who tried to take the regime-controlled district.

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.

The only way forward for Syria is to broker a political settlement in consultation with Russia and Iran.

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.

A Syrian rebel inspects a crater caused by bombings by regime forces in the village of Taftanaz in the northwestern province of Idlib.
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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.

The UN Security Council will meet to tackle deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Syria.
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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.

A Free Syrian Army fighter dodges sniper shots being fired by government forces in the Salaheddin neighbourhood of Syria’s northern city of Aleppo.

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.