WorldMilitants live tweet gruesome punishmentGruesome images have emerged on Twitter that appear to show a Syrian militant group posting live updates as they cut off the hand of a suspected thief.03 Mar 01:22 AM
OpinionStephen Hawking: Saving Syria's childrenWhat's happening in Syria today is an abomination, one that the world is watching coldly from a distance, writes Professor Stephen Hawking.16 Feb 11:30 PM
WorldDesperate dash to safety from siegeSix hundred days had passed under a punishing siege in the ravaged Old Quarter in Homs. It was the sixth day in a rebel-held area cut off by government troops.16 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionKeith Locke: Key jumping the gun over passportsThe Government may well have acted beyond the law in cancelling the passports of New Zealanders intending to join rebel groups fighting the Assad regime.13 Feb 08:30 PM
OpinionBryan Gould: Fight terror but save us from friendly fireBryan Gould asks, "Is the Govt acting on advice from another authority and if so which? Does our Govt claim the right to tell us which causes we are allowed to support and which not?11 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandKiwi fighters 'misinformed', says SyrianKiwis who travel to Syria to fight with rebel forces against the Assad regime are being misinformed by recruiters over social media, a Syrian living in Auckland says.10 Feb 09:30 PM
New ZealandWe'll watch returning fighters, says KeyPrime Minister says Kiwis returning from Syria deemed to have been `radicalised' will be monitored.10 Feb 04:30 PM
WorldCivilians die despite truceAid workers braved mortar and small arms fire to evacuate Syrian civilians from a besieged area of the city of Homs.10 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandKiwis fighting in Syria - PMJohn Key says there are New Zealanders fighting in anti-government forces in Syria, while others have been blocked from going there by having their passports cancelled.10 Feb 05:25 AM
WorldNZ to take 100 Syrian refugeesNew Zealand has agreed to take 100 refugees from Syria after the United Nations called on the international community for help.04 Feb 10:38 PM
WorldTerrorism's forceful reminder to OzThis week the agonies of Syria and much of the Mid-East came sharply home to Oz, where the reps of 60 countries met in Sydney for Interpol's inaugural global security and counter-terrorism convention.31 Jan 04:30 PM
WorldRelief corridor for women and children in Syria talksSyrian negotiators have reached their first deal in peace talks in Geneva, an agreement to allow women and children to escape the siege of rebel-held districts of the city of Homs.27 Jan 04:30 PM
WorldAssad cries terror while supporting jihadists' causeHow one of Osama bin Laden's personal envoys, Mohammed Bahaiah, ended up in an Assad regime dungeon is a long story with several details missing.23 Jan 04:30 PM
WorldUN asks for $8b to avert Syrian crisisThe United Nations has launched the biggest aid appeal in its history, calling for more than $7.9 billion to be dedicated to the crisis in Syria.17 Dec 04:30 PM
WorldUN: $12.9 billion in aid needed in 2014The United Nations has said it will need nearly $13 billion in aid in 2014 to reach at least 52 million people in 17 countries, including the millions of Syrians who have been displaced by their civil war.16 Dec 06:08 PM
WorldParis-bound flight grounded by bomb threatA Paris-bound flight was rescheduled after Venezuela grounded an Air France plane that French authorities said terrorists might have been planning to blow up.15 Dec 06:33 PM
New ZealandKiwis believed to be involved with rebel fighters in SyriaNew Zealanders are fighting against the Assad regime in Syria and could pose a serious terror risk when they return home, it has been reported.05 Dec 09:34 PM
WorldSyrian refugees' Hunger Games shelterCranes are lifting trailers into place and tents are being packed away as international aid workers rush to winterise a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan - trying to avoid a repeat of last year.03 Dec 09:37 PM
WorldClowns help Syrian camp children smile for a momentAt this sprawling desert camp in Jordan, home to thousands of children who fled Syria's civil war, a few found a moment to smile over the weekend while watching a troop of clowns.01 Dec 07:47 PM
WorldWest blind to war horrorProfessor William Harris sips his cup of tea in a small cafe in southern Turkey and recounts meeting Yasser Arafat, the former leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.30 Nov 10:21 PM
WorldAlbania refuses to accept Syria's chemical weaponsThe mission to destroy Syria's poison gas stockpile was dealt a serious blow when Albania refused to host the destruction.16 Nov 02:05 AM
WorldA look at some journalists missing in SyriaAt least 30 journalists currently are reported missing while covering Syria's civil war. The widespread abduction of journalists is unprecedented.09 Nov 07:05 PM
WorldIsrael strikes Russian shipment in SyriaIsraeli warplanes attacks shipment of Russian missiles inside Syrian government stronghold, a development that threatens to add another volatile layer to tensions.31 Oct 09:51 PM
WorldWatchdog: Syria destroyed chemical arms equipmentSyria has completed the destruction of equipment used to produce chemical weapons, a global watchdog has said, meeting another deadline in an ambitious timeline to eliminate the country's entire stockpile by mid-2014.31 Oct 06:55 PM
WorldUN officials confirm polio outbreak in north SyriaThe UN has confirmed an outbreak of polio in Syria for the first time in over a decade, warning the disease threatens to spread among an estimated half-million children who have never been immunised because of the civil war.30 Oct 01:27 AM
WorldSyrian civilians paying price of war"Of course there is hatred in my heart," a Syrian father tells Newstalk ZB host Rachel Smalley. "They destroyed my home, my dream, my life."27 Oct 04:30 PM
