Despite the constant threat of bombings, some residents of the Syrian capital are intent on leading as normal a life as possible. In this exclusive report, FRANCE 24 meets a number of Syrians trying to go about their daily lives. Fighting between government and rebel...

Medecins Sans Frontieres says hospitals it supports in Syria treated about 3,600 patients with "neurotoxic symptoms", of whom 355 have died. It said the patients had arrived in three hospitals in the Damascus governorate on 21 August - when opposition activists say chemical attacks...

''An Iranian journalist has been killed by foreign-backed Salafist terrorists near the Syrian capital, Damascus,'' according to an Iranian TV channel. Ismael Haidari, a documentary filmmaker, was killed on Wednesday, only a day after another journalist and a documentary...