2011 Syrian Revolution

Syria rebels say attacks by army and Russian planes threaten truce

The Syrian opposition warned on Sunday that attacks by the army, backed by Russian warplanes, threatened a US-Russian deal for a cessation of hostilities with collapse and endangered future peace talks.

Saudi heart beats for Syrian refugees at wrong time, wrong place, wrong reason. Won’t stop conversion to Christianity

Saudi Arabia has responded to the criticism levelled against it for not absorbing Arab refugees by offering to build two hundred mosques in Germany. The offer is as gratuitous, as self indulgent and as jarring to German or broader European sensibilities as it is insulting to both refugees and their host societies.

Misplaced morality: If Aylan Kurdi's lifeless picture is violation, what is the Sheena Bora case?

The body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi lying face down on the Turkish beach has indeed made the war in Syria real to many of us. What TOI did not mention is that it also finally made a dent in our own wall-to-wall banner headline coverage of the Indrani Mukerjea celebrity crime story.

Over 2,000 fleeing refugees from Syria drowned in Mediterranean since 2011: UN

A UN panel says more than 2,000 Syrians have drowned in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe since 2011

Syria: Islamic State militants destroy two ancient mausoleums in historic city of Palmyra

Islamic State group fighters have destroyed two ancient Muslim mausoleums in the historic Syrian city of Palmyra, the country's antiquities director said Tuesday.

Syrian govt makes 'world record' for air raids; 500 killed

The Syrian air force first launched air strikes against rebel-held areas in July 2012 when the government lost control of swathes of Aleppo city.

From hope to carnage: Activists mourn the Syrian revolution

Most of the peaceful protesters of the early days of the revolt have been killed, jailed, forced into exile or live under siege.