Syria

Judges order Tommy Robinson to pay Jamal Hijazi 100,000 pounds ($138,000) after ruling he libelled the Syrian schoolboy.

Military has stepped up bombing of rebel-held northwest since President al-Assad was sworn in for a new term last week.

Homs province adjoins Lebanon, where Iranian-backed Lebanese Shia Hezbollah group holds sway along the rugged border.

Israeli air attacks reportedly targeted Iranian Revolutionary Guard bases and weapons plant in al-Safira area of Aleppo.

Governor of Turkey’s bordering Hatay province says a mass grave was found with 61 bodies in the Ankara-held Afrin area.

“The children can’t take this.”

A UN resolution condemns the continued use of enforced disappearances in the Syrian conflict.

Bread prices doubled and diesel prices nearly tripled in the war-torn country amid long-running financial crisis.

The council unanimously adopted a compromise resolution that allowed the extension of the cross-border operation.

‘High food prices are hunger’s new best friend,’ the United Nations World Food Programme chief economist said.

Rocket and drone raids come after a series of attacks targeting the US military in Iraq and Syria this week.

Countries should follow Kazakhistan’s successful model and bring ISIL-linked fighters and their families home.

“It makes our work a lot easier.”

War monitor, rescue groups blame gov’t for attacks; death toll one of the highest since last year’s ceasefire.