UN special envoy on Syria warns against bombing rebel enclave
Staffan de Mistura echoes Trump warning against bombing Idlib, the last major rebel enclave
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The Guardian view on bombing Syria: a decision for parliament
Theresa May has decided to break with parliamentary convention and not seek approval from MPs for military action. This is a mistake Read more
Assad’s brutal strategy survives regardless of Trump’s victory tweet
Syrian regime free to fight on without chemical weapons with greater US engagement ruled out
Read moreSyria latest: Trump orders air strikes against Assad regime – live updates
President orders armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with chemical weapons in the wake of gas attack on Douma
Read moreSyria crisis: Russia claims Douma chemical attack was staged – live
Follow live updates as the Labour leader calls for a UN-led investigation into Syria after the cabinet backed Theresa May’s warning that Assad’s use of chemical weapons should not go unchallenged
Read moreAustralia condemns Syria at UN and pushes back against Russia
2017 was the deadliest year of Syrian war for children, says Unicef
Report warns generation faces psychological ruin, with conflict taking greatest toll on most vulnerable
Read moreNearly half of US arms exports go to the Middle East
Saudi Arabia is world’s second biggest importer, with global US sales up by 25% in past five years
Read moreDogs trained to sniff out ancient treasures looted from Syria
Special K-9 units may soon be deployed in the fight against terrorists and criminals looting precious artefacts from war zones Read more
So-called ceasefire in Syria has barely led to a lull
The UN has failed to prevent the suffering – or even slow it down. The wording of its resolution let Russia resume bombing within hours
Read more‘It’s not a war. It’s a massacre’: scores killed in Syrian enclave
UN outrage at Syrian suffering: ‘We can no longer stay silent’
Humanitarian coordinator Panos Moumtzis calls for ceasefire to ease ‘dramatic deterioration’
Read moreBiggest airstrikes in a year hit Syria after rebels shoot down Russian jet
United Nations calls for one-month truce to allow aid to reach hundreds of thousands of civilians in Idlib province
Read moreWelcome to a new kind of war: the rise of endless urban conflict
Consider why the deaths of 6 million people in rural Congo are rarely mentioned, while 13 killed in London is global news
Read moreWorld’s awkward silence over Rohingya genocide warnings
With no appetite for humanitarian intervention and no support for a powerful ICC, there is unlikely to be justice in Myanmar or elsewhere
Read more‘I feel like I’ve lost so much of my life’: Syria’s broken families
Visa rules alongside Trump’s travel ban mean many couples who survived the Syrian war are now suffering the pain of being forced to live apart
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