Sheikh Tamim, 33, takes over in world’s richest country
The truth of the matter is that the Qatari succession is opaque, and no-one outside the royal family has a clear idea of what this transition means.
Opposition activists in Syria claim the regime has launched a series of chemical attacks against rebel held areas outside Damascus – and say hundreds of people have shown signs of exposure.
UN experts will travel to Syria as soon as possible to investigate chemical weapons attacks in three locations following months of negotiations with Bashar al-Assad’s government.
A huge explosion at a weapons depot in the Syrian city of Homs has killed 40 people and injured at least 120.
We showed last night’s film about British women fighting in the Syrian Civil War to a group of British Muslims. Jane Deith reports on their reaction.
The Red Cross is warning of ‘tragic’ consequences if Syrian authorities continue to block access to the old city of Homs, where trapped civilians are in desperate need of food of medical supplies.
Exclusive: “Maryam” is a British woman who has moved to Syria to join the anti-Assad rebels. She can use a Kalashnikov and would like to fight, but has had to settle for the life of a jihadi’s wife.
Crossing the line between the government-held west and the rebel-held east can prove fatal. But the people of Aleppo need to cross for basic food supplies – and they are refusing to be divided.
Al-Qaeda militants kill a senior commander in the Free Syria Army, suggesting a widening rift among anti-Assad forces between Islamist fighters and more secular, western-backed elements.
More and more “jihadi boys” leave Britain for Syria to join a holy war to “do their duty”. Police are seeking two such young Muslims from Birmingham, thought to be in the Middle East. Why do they go?
On the 18th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, journalist Jamie Rubin says the parallel between conflicts in Syria and Bosnia “is really striking.” But Lord Ashdown says the idea is “simplistic.”
Syria President Bashar al-Assad’s forces launch a major offensive against Homs, in a bid to flush rebel fighters out of the country’s third-largest city.
The truth of the matter is that the Qatari succession is opaque, and no-one outside the royal family has a clear idea of what this transition means.
Western and Arab countries opposed to President Bashar al-Assad agree to give urgent military support to Syrian rebels fighting for his overthrow.
The security services are telling Muslim charities involved in the relief effort in Syria that volunteers should not travel to the Middle East because they could end up fighting jihad.
MP’s to vote on whether the UK should send arms to Syria. Confirmation came two days after David Cameron stated that the government reserved the right to arm rebels without Commons approval.