ANALYSIS - After 6 years, Assad now secure but his country carved up as war thunders on
During five years of negotiations the sticking point has been whether Assad would go. Now, the starting point is that he will stay.
Study shows healthcare in Syria now a target of war
A key feature of the "weaponisation" of healthcare is repeated targeting of medical facilities with aim of shutting them down to deny people access to care
Syria a "torture-chamber", U.N. says in call to free detainees
"Ensuring accountability, establishing the truth and providing reparations must happen if the Syrian people are ever to find reconciliation and peace. This cannot be negotiable"
Syria committed war crime by bombing Damascus water supply - U.N.
No evidence of deliberate contamination of water supply or demolition by armed groups, as Syrian government maintained at the time
The politics of war wounds
Would politician's decisions be different if faced, on a day-to-day basis, with the human cost of war- in its most raw manifestation?
Germany needs to move to long-term refugee plan -OECD
Refugees able to find work, but Germany needs to step up investments to ensure they have prospects beyond low-skilled jobs
Residents flee as battle for Mosul intensifies
As many as 600,000 civilians are caught with militants inside Mosul
Angelina Jolie urges greater efforts to prosecute rape in conflict
Jolie teamed up with former British Foreign Secretary William Hague to launch a global initiative aimed at ending sexual violence in conflict, tackling impunity and improving support for survivors
Iraq forces face tough resistance in advance on Mosul's Old City
More than 65,000 fled their homes in the past two weeks alone, according to the International Organisation for Migration
Record number of children killed in Syria last year - UN
"The depth of suffering is unprecedented. Millions of children in Syria come under attack on a daily basis"