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Two people killed, babies injured after maternity hospital bombed in Syria

'The bomb hit the entrance of the hospital, which sees 1,300 women monthly and carries out over 300 deliveries a month'

Calls grow for Syria regime to end Aleppo siege

Residents have reported food shortages in rebel districts since regime forces cut off the opposition's main supply route

Syria's al-Nusra announces split from al-Qaeda

The decision was taken in an effort to restore the cessation of hostilities and significantly reduce violence in war-ravaged country

31 killed in Syria bomb attacks, IS claims responsibility

Qamishli, which is largely controlled by the Kurds, has been the target of repeated bombings by the Islamic State

Syria regime pounds Aleppo as UN backs call for truce

Push for aid to reach desperate civilians trapped by a regime siege in Syria's former second city came on the eve of a meeting between a UN envoy

John Kerry announces fresh talks with Russia on Syria

Russia and the United States back opposing sides in Syria's five-year war, which has left 280,000 people dead and forced half the population to flee their homes

Film shows Syria rebels beheading boy: monitor

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that the video depicts rebel fighters

Rebel-held parts of Syria's Aleppo 'completely besieged'

Aleppo was once Syria's commercial powerhouse but has been ravaged by fighting since mid-2012

Air raids kill 25 civilians in Syria's Aleppo: Monitor

Aleppo city is divided roughly between government control in the west and rebel control in the east

US not coordinating Syria military operations with Russia: WH

Josh Earnest told, US has seen Russia devote too much of their attention to using their military might to prop up the Assad regime

US to offer Russia anti-terror pact in Syria: Report

Any deal between Russia and the United States to fight both groups would in effect strengthen Assad's position

US boosts aid to war-affected Syria by $439 million

The new contribution will bring total US Humanitarian aid for Syria to $5.6 billion since the start of the crisis in 2012

Syrian army extends ceasefire for 72 hours

Although the ceasefire was planned for the entire country, the northern city of Aleppo saw one of the most violent situation

Syria rebels in failed bid to reopen Aleppo route

By Saturday, regime soldiers were within 500 metres of the road and firing on any vehicle attempting to use it

Hollande calls for military action against Syrian Qaeda

Russia had proposed joint air strikes with the US against jihadist targets in Syria in May

Syria's military extends ceasefire but no letup in fighting

Rebels launched a counter-offensive, leading with two car bombs to open the vital Castello road to eastern Aleppo

Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama to 'intensify' coordination in Syria: Kremlin

Putin also called on Obama to help aid the separation of moderate opposition groups from "terrorist groups like the Al-Nusra front"

Syrian army announces 72-hour nationwide ceasefire

The statement did not specify whether the ceasefire extended to military actions against ISIS

43 killed in Syria army shelling of rebel town: Monitor

In a statement, the military had pledged that the attack on its pilot will not go unpunished

Suicide attack kills 3 at Christian massacre memorial in Syria

An eyewitness said that the suicide bomber "detonated himself near our checkpoint after he couldn't reach his real target, Patriarch Ignatius".