WorldUS action in Iraq boosts Kurdish moraleUS air strikes are boosting Kurdish morale as they hit Isis fighters, and a road is now open for thousands of Yazidis cut off in the mountains.11 Aug 07:07 PM
WorldIsis attacks Syrian basesIsis has used military equipment seized from Iraq in its biggest challenge yet to Assad regime forces.27 Jul 05:00 PM
WorldIsis turns heat on SyriaISIS has launched a series of attacks across Syria, using military equipment seized from Iraq in its biggest concerted challenge yet to Assad regime forces.26 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandKiwi joins Syrian conflictA Kiwi with links to al-Qaeda has taken up arms in Syria and says he will fight until he becomes a martyr.19 Jul 05:00 PM
WorldTwin sisters flee UK to join terror groupTwin sisters have fled their UK home in the middle of the night and flown to Istanbul to join ISIS fighters in Syria, it's feared.06 Jul 10:50 PM
WorldIs climate change destabilising Iraq?This winter was not a good one for farmers in the Fertile Crescent.29 Jun 02:48 AM
WorldHalf of Syrians in need of aidThe humanitarian situation in Syria is worsening and the number of people needing urgent help has reached 10.8 million.21 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandGovt 'lost contact' with Kiwi rebelPrime Minister John Key says the Government "lost contact" with a New Zealander who is believed to have been killed fighting in Syria.09 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandFirst Kiwi casualty in Syrian warA New Zealander has been killed while fighting in Syria - the first Kiwi casualty in the civil war.07 Jun 05:00 PM
WorldEurope shuns Syria refugees"Pathetically few" nations in Europe have stepped forward to offer a safe haven to desperate Syrian refugees, the European Union's Home Affairs chief says.16 May 05:00 PM
WorldRebels use WWI tactics against Syrian troopsSyrian rebels reverted to the tactics of the World War I yesterday when they tunnelled underneath a luxury hotel being used by government troops in Aleppo to plant explosives that destroyed the building.10 May 01:21 AM
OpinionGwynne DyerGwynne Dyer: Rebels had reason to unleash poison gasWhy would anyone believe Seymour Hersh?15 Apr 05:30 PM
WorldTurkey warns Syria after downing jetThe Syrian conflict encroached threateningly on Nato's eastern frontiers yesterday when Turkey shot down an Assad regime fighter jet it said had crossed into its territory.24 Mar 03:15 PM
OpinionRoger Hearn: War a living hell for patients at Syrian hospitalsImagine you have a young child whose legs were amputated because the hospital didn't have the proper equipment to treat them.17 Mar 04:30 PM
WorldKids' stories hardest to bearBehind a closed curtain a Syrian man in his mid-30s is preparing himself and his 3-year-old daughter for an onslaught.17 Mar 03:15 PM
WorldGovernment troops capture rebel townSyrian Government troops have seized the last rebel stronghold on the border with Lebanon.17 Mar 03:15 PM
WorldWhat Syria would look like hereA disturbing video put out by Save The Children has shown what Syria's civil war and refugee crisis would look like if it was set in the West.07 Mar 12:22 AM
WorldMilitants live tweet gruesome punishmentGruesome images have emerged on Twitter that appear to show a Syrian militant group posting live updates as they cut off the hand of a suspected thief.03 Mar 01:22 AM
OpinionStephen Hawking: Saving Syria's childrenWhat's happening in Syria today is an abomination, one that the world is watching coldly from a distance, writes Professor Stephen Hawking.16 Feb 11:30 PM
WorldDesperate dash to safety from siegeSix hundred days had passed under a punishing siege in the ravaged Old Quarter in Homs. It was the sixth day in a rebel-held area cut off by government troops.16 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionKeith Locke: Key jumping the gun over passportsThe Government may well have acted beyond the law in cancelling the passports of New Zealanders intending to join rebel groups fighting the Assad regime.13 Feb 08:30 PM
OpinionBryan Gould: Fight terror but save us from friendly fireBryan Gould asks, "Is the Govt acting on advice from another authority and if so which? Does our Govt claim the right to tell us which causes we are allowed to support and which not?11 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandKiwi fighters 'misinformed', says SyrianKiwis who travel to Syria to fight with rebel forces against the Assad regime are being misinformed by recruiters over social media, a Syrian living in Auckland says.10 Feb 09:30 PM
New ZealandWe'll watch returning fighters, says KeyPrime Minister says Kiwis returning from Syria deemed to have been `radicalised' will be monitored.10 Feb 04:30 PM
WorldCivilians die despite truceAid workers braved mortar and small arms fire to evacuate Syrian civilians from a besieged area of the city of Homs.10 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandKiwis fighting in Syria - PMJohn 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.10 Feb 05:25 AM
WorldNZ to take 100 Syrian refugeesNew Zealand has agreed to take 100 refugees from Syria after the United Nations called on the international community for help.04 Feb 10:38 PM
WorldTerrorism's forceful reminder to OzThis 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.31 Jan 04:30 PM
