We'll watch returning fighters, says Key
Prime Minister says Kiwis returning from Syria deemed to have been `radicalised' will be monitored.
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Kiwis fighting in Syria - PM
John Key says there are New Zealanders fighting in anti-government forces in Syria, while others have been blocked from going there by having their passports cancelled.
NZ to take 100 Syrian refugees
New Zealand has agreed to take 100 refugees from Syria after the United Nations called on the international community for help.
Terrorism's forceful reminder to Oz
This week the agonies of Syria and much of the Mid-East came sharply home to Oz, where the reps of 60 countries met in Sydney for Interpol's inaugural global security and counter-terrorism convention.
Relief corridor for women and children in Syria talks
Syrian negotiators have reached their first deal in peace talks in Geneva, an agreement to allow women and children to escape the siege of rebel-held districts of the city of Homs.
Assad cries terror while supporting jihadists' cause
How one of Osama bin Laden's personal envoys, Mohammed Bahaiah, ended up in an Assad regime dungeon is a long story with several details missing.
UN asks for $8b to avert Syrian crisis
The United Nations has launched the biggest aid appeal in its history, calling for more than $7.9 billion to be dedicated to the crisis in Syria.
UN: $12.9 billion in aid needed in 2014
The United Nations has said it will need nearly $13 billion in aid in 2014 to reach at least 52 million people in 17 countries, including the millions of Syrians who have been displaced by their civil war.
Paris-bound flight grounded by bomb threat
A Paris-bound flight was rescheduled after Venezuela grounded an Air France plane that French authorities said terrorists might have been planning to blow up.
Kiwis believed to be involved with rebel fighters in Syria
New Zealanders are fighting against the Assad regime in Syria and could pose a serious terror risk when they return home, it has been reported.
Syrian refugees' Hunger Games shelter
Cranes are lifting trailers into place and tents are being packed away as international aid workers rush to winterise a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan - trying to avoid a repeat of last year.
Clowns help Syrian camp children smile for a moment
At this sprawling desert camp in Jordan, home to thousands of children who fled Syria's civil war, a few found a moment to smile over the weekend while watching a troop of clowns.
West blind to war horror
Professor William Harris sips his cup of tea in a small cafe in southern Turkey and recounts meeting Yasser Arafat, the former leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.
Albania refuses to accept Syria's chemical weapons
The mission to destroy Syria's poison gas stockpile was dealt a serious blow when Albania refused to host the destruction.
A look at some journalists missing in Syria
At least 30 journalists currently are reported missing while covering Syria's civil war. The widespread abduction of journalists is unprecedented.
Israel strikes Russian shipment in Syria
Israeli warplanes attacks shipment of Russian missiles inside Syrian government stronghold, a development that threatens to add another volatile layer to tensions.
Watchdog: Syria destroyed chemical arms equipment
Syria has completed the destruction of equipment used to produce chemical weapons, a global watchdog has said, meeting another deadline in an ambitious timeline to eliminate the country's entire stockpile by mid-2014.
UN officials confirm polio outbreak in north Syria
The UN has confirmed an outbreak of polio in Syria for the first time in over a decade, warning the disease threatens to spread among an estimated half-million children who have never been immunised because of the civil war.
Syrian civilians paying price of war
"Of course there is hatred in my heart," a Syrian father tells Newstalk ZB host Rachel Smalley. "They destroyed my home, my dream, my life."
One man feeds Western media on Syria
He's practically a one man band, but Rami Abdurrahman's influence extends far beyond his modest home in this small English city.
War in the social media age
Amid all the bloodshed, confusion and deadlock of Syria's civil war, one fact is emerging after 2 1/2 years - no conflict ever has been covered this way.
Call to let aid through to civilians in Syria
The US has urged the Syrian Government to allow immediate aid convoys to starving civilians cut off in rebel-held suburbs of Damascus.
Posers for weapons team
The destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile is well under way, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, has won a Nobel Peace Prize.
Oil prices soar over Twitter war mistake
A tweet that appeared to suggest Israel had attacked Syria sent US oil prices soaring - until traders realised the post referred to the 40th anniversary of a war.