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A poster of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad in the old city of Aleppo. The country's second vote in the shadow of civil war is seen as likely to keep President Al Assad in power. AFP

Syria to hold presidential vote on May 26

MENA

Family of archaeologist killed by ISIS vow to recover his remains

MENA

Denmark is returning Syrians to their abusers

Comment

US supports OPCW findings that Assad regime used chemical weapons

The Americas

Syria's Bashar Al Assad sacks Central Bank chief

MENA
A girl practices martial arts during a training at a school in Syrian opposition-held village of al-Jeineh, Syria April 11, 2021. Picture taken April 11, 2021. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Syrian children learn martial arts - in pictures
Two men pose for a "selfie" photo on a phone by a miniature replica of a Doric colonnade at a newly-created cave museum of Syrian heritage and culture near the town of Aqrabat in the countryside of Syria's northwestern Idlib province on April 6, 2021. Said says his work on the cave museum took about two months to be completed. The cave is meant as a museum of natural and human history, showing progression of ancient geological eras and the succession of civilisations that were established on Syrian soil. / AFP / AAREF WATAD

A showcase of Syrian history in cave museum - in pictures
A Syrian ballet dancer performs in an empty market during a lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on April 7, 2021. / AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN

Kurdish ballet dancer brings life to empty market in Syria - in pictures
A picture shows a partial view of the damaged amphitheatre, in Syria's Roman-era ancient city of Palmyra on February 7, 2021, in the country's central province of Homs. - Syria has six sites listed on the UNESCO elite list of world heritage and all of them sustained some level of damage in the 10-year war. Besides Palmyra and Aleppo, the ancient cities of Damascus and Bosra also sustained some damage. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Take a virtual tour of the Roman ruins of Palmyra in Syria - in pictures
A worker reacts as he plays with a cat at Ernesto's sanctuary for cats in Idlib, Syria March 28, 2021. Picture taken March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Syrian cat sanctuary offers animals refuge from war - in pictures
Women and children walk at Camp Roj, where relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group are held, in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province, on March 28, 2021. Roj, one of two Kurdish-run displacement camps housing foreign family members of suspected IS fighters, is smaller and better guarded than its overcrowded counterpart Al-Hol, which has been rocked by assassinations and breakout attempts in recent months. / AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN

A look inside Camp Roj in Syria - in pictures
Syrian children sit amidst spent bullet casings at a metal scrapyard on the outskirts of Maaret Misrin town in the northwestern Idlib province, on March 10, 2021. A Syrian family who was displaced from the village of Latamneh in Hama's northern countryside 4 years ago, has found a source of income in collecting and selling metal scrap, including unexploded ordnance shells and spent ammunition casings, a business all family participates in. / AFP / AAREF WATAD

Syrian children at work in a post-war scrapyard - in pictures
A displaced young Syrian boy works at a makeshift oil refinery near the village of Tarhin in an area under the control of Turkish-backed factions in the northern countryside of Aleppo, on February 25, 2021. Amateur refineries that have sprung up in Syria are causing health and pollution problems in the region. / AFP / Bakr ALKASEM

Workers toil at a makeshift oil refinery in Syria - in pictures
A victim of a 2014 gas attack in Hama. Reuters

Syrian air force behind Idlib chlorine bomb, says OPCW

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Syrian women and children wait to leave the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in north-east Syria. AFP

Syrian families released from Al Hol struggle for acceptance after ISIS trauma

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A file photo of Free Syrian Army (FSA) members launching a rocket attack on September 26, 2016. Getty Images

Syrian government attack kills seven civilians in rebel-held area, activists say

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An explosion seen in Damascus on November 20, 2019 during one one of the few strikes in Syria acknowledged by Israel. AFP

Israeli strikes near Damascus injure four soldiers

MENA
Syrian refugees Dania and Hussam are facing deportation from Denmark.  Courtsey of Dania and Hussam

Syrians fight back against deportation from Denmark on social media

Europe
There are 60,000 refugees in the Al Hawl camp on the Syria-Iraq border. AFP

Coalition deputy commander: ISIS prisoners could sow seeds of a new form of violent extremism

Asia
French-Syrian cartoonist and film director Riad Sattouf is known for his candid, emotionally resonant graphic novels. AFP

Why cartoonist Riad Sattouf believes graphic novels are superior to books

Books
People queue to buy bread in the city of Aleppo in Syria, where a shortage of basic goods has created demand for products smuggled from Lebanon. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

‘There is nothing we can’t sell’: smugglers siphon off scarce Lebanese goods to Syria

Lebanon
Syrian children watch a puppet show performed by a local theatre group amidst the ruins of buildings destroyed during Syria's civil war. AFP

EU ministers vow Syria 'war criminals' won't go unpunished

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A US military convoy drives through the town of Qamishli in northern Syria. AP 

UAE calls for more action to stop the expansion of ISIS remnants in Iraq and Syria

UAE Government
The international aid conference sought to raise $10 billion for the humanitarian crisis in Syria. AFP 

Syria aid meeting misses target by $3.6bn

MENA
A child at Camp Roj, in north-east Syria, where relatives suspected ISIS members are held. Some 24 million Syrians, at home and abroad, depend on handouts. AFP

UN chief Antonio Guterres backs US call for aid flows into Syria

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