The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Death toll passes 22,000; rescuers continue to pull people out of the rubble alive

The last thing Nuhad Dawoud heard before his home collapsed on top of him was the sound of his wife praying as the walls of their home shook in the early hours of Monday morning.

When the earthquake struck, Fatmah Ahmad's family fled their building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo only for her to go into labour - giving birth to her third child in hospital a few hours later.

The firefighters were flown out on Tuesday with the UK International Search and Rescue (UK ISAR) team.

The former Magpies winger was caught up in the devastating earthquake that hit parts of Turkey and Syria

Syria's government has approved humanitarian aid delivery across the frontlines of the country's 12-year-old war, state media said on Friday, a move that could speed up the arrival of help for millions of people affected by Monday's deadly quake. Aid distribution will take place in cooperation with the United Nations,…

Determination to get donations to stricken areas is galvanising people haunted by fears for family and friends

The Syrian government has approved humanitarian aid delivery across the frontlines of the country's 12-year civil war, state media said on Friday, a move that could speed up the arrival of help for millions of people affected by Monday's deadly quake.

The death toll from the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 has climbed above 21,000 in four days, exceeding the World Health Organization’s estimate of 20,000. But it continues to rise by the hour as more grim discoveries are made under the rubble.

Rescue efforts continue amid growing criticism of UN response in Syria and calls for full humanitarian access

Prosecutors in the Netherlands on Friday announced they plan to put a Dutch woman who joined Islamic State on trial for crimes against humanity for enslaving a Yazidi woman in Syria in 2015.