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Bashar Assad

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad speaks during a meeting with heads of local councils, in Damascus, Syria, February 17. (Reuters)

Syria’s Assad struggles to reap spoils after military gains

Eastern Ghouta

A Syrian soldier distributes aid from Russian forces to civilians who fled Eastern Ghouta at a shelter in Adra near Damascus, on March 20. (Reuters)

‘Kneel or starve’: Damascus’s brutal ultimatum to population of Eastern Ghouta

Afrin

A man gestures as he stands on a damaged building in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, on March 21. (Reuters)

Fighting in Afrin and Eastern Ghouta sparks humanitarian disaster

Eastern Ghouta

Syrians from the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region walk through a regime-controlled corridor in Hamouria in Eastern Ghouta after leaving the besieged enclave on March 16. (AFP)

Largest single-day exodus of the Syrian war as civilians flee Eastern Ghouta

Russia

Russian soldiers gather at Wafideen camp in Damascus, on March 1. (Reuters)

Three facts on Syria that are best said aloud

Rashmee Roshan Lall

martyrdom

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan kisses Amine Tiras, a young girl in military uniform, as he speaks to his ruling party members in Kahramanmaras, on February 24. (AP)

Region's children shouldn’t serve as political props

Russia

A Syrian child and an adult receive treatment for a suspected chemical attack at a makeshift clinic in the Eastern Ghouta, on February 25. (AFP)

Reports of chemical weapons use in Syria are worrying

Eastern Ghouta

A Russian army soldier standing guard between the portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin, outside at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damascus, on March 1. (AFP)

Civilians trapped in Eastern Ghouta, all sides blame each other

Eastern Ghouta

A fighter from Jaysh al-Islam patrols the front line in Jobar, on the eastern edge of Damascus. (AFP)

Ghouta rebels await assault as Syrian regime bombardment continues