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A Syrian civil defence member uses an oxygen mask after a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib.

‘Shocking’ video shows alleged chemical attack in Syria. But will it have an impact?

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Dozens of gruesome videos appear to show a suspected chemical gas attack Tuesday on the rebel-held Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun. Will those images move the world to act against the Syrian regime?

A girl carries a bowl filled with water, in the rebel held besieged town of Douma, eastern Damascus.

Water is scarce in Damascus, and so is faith in a new ceasefire

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Aleppo residents scan the scan the skies fearing an airstrike in the rebel-held al-Myassar neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.

In besieged Aleppo, death from above can come at any moment

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Abu Ezzat in the Old City of Aleppo.

A father in Aleppo frets about five of his sons on rebel frontlines

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Cuba's President Raul Castro oversees a handshake between Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos (left) and FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono (right), better known by the nom de guerre Timochenko.

Bitter foes strike a deal for peace in Colombia

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General Ruben Dario Alzate was kidnapped by FARC in a village close to the provincial capital of Quibdó in northwestern Colombia.

A Colombian general’s bizarre behavior may have derailed his country’s fragile peace talks

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Gen. Ruben Dario Alzate was kidnapped by FARC, a Colombian guerilla group, after an unexplained, unarmed visit to a rural village. No one knows why he made the ill-informed decision, but the abduction may have ended efforts by FARC and the government to end their 50-year-old war.

A fighter from the Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra, the official Syrian branch of al-Qaeda. The group is a powerful militia in the Syrian civil war and has battled with ISIS, but is a State Department-listed terrorist group.

A grieving British father grapples with his sons’ decision to fight and die in Syria

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Abubaker Deghayes, a British property manager, is mourning the death of a second son who has died fighting in Syria with the extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra. Deghayes says Western governments must do more to reach out to youth who are tempted to enlist in jihadi groups.

Syrian rebels say Abu Hurayra al-Amriki is a US citizen who successfully detonated a  suicide bomber in Syria's Idlib province on Sunday.

What does it mean if the first American suicide bomber in Syria has hit his target?

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Syria’s rebels say the first American suicide bomber in Syria carried out a successful bombing on Sunday. Aryn Baker, Time’s Middle East bureau chief, says hundreds of Westerners have joined the ranks of extremist groups in Syria. Syria’s rebels say the first American suicide bomber in Syria carried out a successful bombing on Sunday. Aryn Baker, Time’s Middle East bureau chief, says hundreds of Westerners have joined the ranks of extremist groups in Syria.

Vehicles burn after two car bombs exploded in the Karm al-Louz neighbourhood in Homs.

Why some rebels are ‘determined to make a last stand’ in the Syrian city of Homs

Conflict & Justice

Intense clashes in the Syrian city of Homs pit government troops against Islamist fighters who are primarily aligned with the al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaida affiliate. Wall Street Journal correspondent Sam Dagher is there and says that despite the fighting, Syria’s government is pushing ahead with effort to prepare the city for June elections.Intense clashes in the Syrian city of Homs pit government troops against Islamist fighters who are primarily aligned with the al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaida affiliate. Wall Street Journal correspondent Sam Dagher is there and says that despite the fighting, Syria’s government is pushing ahead with effort to prepare the city for June elections.

A Syrian girl is rescued from a damaged building after both of her parents died in what activists said was a government air strike.

Iran’s role in Syria peace talks throws discussions into disarray

Global Politics

UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon has withdrawn his last minute invitation for Iran to attend Syrian peace talks in Switzerland on Wednesday. Aryn Baker, Time Magazine’s Middle East bureau chief, says the rebels argued for Iran to be “uninvited” to the talks because Tehran was unwilling to back the creation of a transitional government in Syria.