DIPLOMACY
MIDDLE EAST
Suspected IS attack in Syria death toll rises to 68: monitor
MIDDLE EAST
Earthquake death toll passes 45,000; many still missing in flattened apartments
SYRIA
Government forces, rebels clash in quake-hit region, report says
SYRIA
Deadly IS assault targeting Raqqa prison 'thwarted': Kurdish forces
CONFLICT
Syria Kurd base used by US-led coalition hit by Turkish drone
CONFLICT
Turkish troops deploy to Syrian town to halt inter-rebel fighting
SYRIA
Hardline rebels sweep across north, 27 killed in clashes
SYRIAN CONFLICT
Russian strikes in Syria decreased since Ukraine war: monitor
CONFLICT