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In a frontline town divided by regime and rebel forces in northwest Syria, students have returned to classrooms in a bombed-out building with no glass in the windows, no doors, desks, chairs or electricity.Girls carrying pink backpacks play alongside boys with blue ones in the courtyard of their school in Tadif, some 32 kilometres (20 miles) east of Aleppo city. Heavily damaged during Syria's more than decade-long war, Tadif lies on what has turned into a quiet front line between regime for...

A five year old Syrian girl was killed in a blaze at an IDP camp near Idlib on Tuesday as first responders warned of an increasing risk of fires at camps due to rising summer temperatures.

Dead in the attack on al-Jadidah included four children from one family, the White Helmets and residents have said.

"Repeatedly waiting for Russia, which bears much of the responsibility for Syria's suffering, to rubber-stamp aid --- that is an absurd situation."

A catastrophe unfolds in Syrian province after UN aid operation is shut down

Russia has succeeded in limiting the renewal of a crucial UN aid operation from Turkey to northwest Syria to six months.

Russia has long wanted to have aid delivered solely through government-controlled areas; opposition activists, residents warn that is something Damascus would exploit

Residents of embattled northwest Syria warned Saturday of a catastrophe following a Russian veto at the UN Security Council that threatens to end cross-border aid deliveries critical to their survival

Residents of embattled northwest Syria warned Saturday of a "catastrophe" following a Russian veto at the UN Security Council that threatens to end cross-border aid deliveries critical to their survival.

Authorisation for cross-border aid set to end on Sunday as UN Security Council fails to agree extension