08.12.2024 23:00 The BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher says everyone in the Syrian capital is "waiting to see what will happen next".
08.12.2024 13:30 Residents in the Syrian capital tell of an anxious night waiting for news of the fall of Bashar Al-Assad.
08.12.2024 13:30 The end of the Assad family's five-decade rule will reshape the balance of power in the region, but many uncertainties lie ahead.
08.12.2024 04:15 The city is strategically important to the government, which is also at risk of losing the capital, Damascus.
08.12.2024 04:15 Rumours surround the whereabouts of the Syrian president, as rebels make advances near the capital's suburbs.
07.12.2024 18:30 Protesters tear down a statue of President Bashar al- Assad's father, the former president Hafez al-Assad, in a suburb of Damascus.
07.12.2024 09:00 Traders and shop-owners lost their livelihoods as a result of destruction from Israeli attacks.
06.12.2024 23:30 The sudden offensive could become the biggest threat to Syria's president in 13 years of civil war.
06.12.2024 23:30 A visual guide to the latest developments as advancing Syrian fighters set their sights on Damascus.
06.12.2024 23:30 The IAEA agency says Tehran’s nuclear programme has "spawned in every direction" over the last decade.
06.12.2024 23:30 BBC Verify has been tracking the territory captured by Syrian rebels as they move towards Homs.
06.12.2024 13:30 Homs is the next city south on the road from Aleppo to Damascus, which the rebels have vowed to reach.
06.12.2024 13:30 Rebels say they have taken full control of a second major city, after the military withdrew its troops.
05.12.2024 18:30 Hama is south of Aleppo, which the rebels seized last week after launching a lightning offensive.
05.12.2024 18:30 Israel denies the accusation, saying it is defending itself against Hamas attacks in accordance with international law.
