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#bbc.com. × 'We will rescue anyone': Syria's White Helmets step in after deadly attacks. The BBC accompanies the civil defence group as they respond to violence in Syria's coastal region.

#bbc.com. × Islamic State leader in Iraq and Syria killed, US says. Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifa was head of IS's most senior decision-making body, the US Central Command said.

#bbc.com. × Syria: BBC finds families sheltering at Russian airbase from sectarian attacks. Many belong to former President Bashar al-Assad's sect, which was targeted in mass killings.

#bbc.com. × Syria gets temporary constitution for five-year transition. The document enshrines separation of powers and guarantees women's rights, freedom of expression and media freedom.

#bbc.com. × Entire families killed during recent violence in Syria, UN says. The UN human rights office has verified the killing of 111 civilians in the coastal region, but says the actual figure is far higher.

#bbc.com. × Syria: Kurdish-led SDF agrees to integrate with government forces. The militia alliance that controls much of north-eastern Syria will merge with new state institutions, the presidency says.

#bbc.com. × Syrian Alawite families flee to Lebanon after violence. Thousands of Syrians have crossed into Lebanon from the provinces of Latakia and Tartus.

#bbc.com. × Syria operation against Assad loyalists ends after deadly violence. A monitoring group says 973 civilians have been killed in revenge attacks against the Alawite sect since Thursday.

#bbc.com. × Syrians describe terror as Alawite families killed in their homes. Witnesses said the situation stabilised when security forces arrived following the violence.

#bbc.com. × Syrian security forces accused of killing hundreds of civilians. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 700 civilians had been killed in 48 hours.

#bbc.com. × Syrian government still faces insurgent threat from Assad loyalists. Clashes between Syrian forces and Assad loyalists in the dictator's former heartlands show the risks ahead, writes Middle East correspondent Hugh Bachega.

#bbc.com. × Syria: Security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Right says 162 civilians were executed in a coastal region linked to ousted president Bashar al-Assad.

#bbc.com. × Syrian forces and Assad loyalists in deadly clashes in Latakia. 'Huge reinforcements' are heading to the coastal province city of Jableh following reports of deadly clashes.

#bbc.com. × Syria vows to destroy any remaining Assad-era chemical weapons. Asaad al-Shibani asks for the support of the global chemical weapons watchdog to "end to this painful legacy".

#bbc.com. × 'We are still at war': Syria's Kurds battle Turkey months after Assad's fall. As Syria's interim leader plans its future, Kurds in the north-east are battling Turkish-backed forces.

#bbc.com. × Syria dialogue conference a 'historic opportunity', Sharaa says. Hundreds are attending the event, which the interim president promised after ousting Bashar al-Assad.

#bbc.com. × Israel challenges Syria's new leaders with demand for demilitarization of south. Israel's PM said it would not allow the forces of HTS or the new Syrian army "enter the area south of Damascus".

#bbc.com. × Iran's abandoned bases in Syria: 'They were ordered to take their backpacks and leave'. The BBC examines the chaos left behind after Iran had to abandon its military bases in Syria.

#bbc.com. × Austria: Villach knife attack leave teenager dead and four wouded. Police have reportedly detained a Syrian man following the attack in the southern city of Villach.

#bbc.com. × Swedish woman Lina Ishaq convicted of genocide for IS crimes against Yazidis. Ishaq joined so-called Islamic State in Syria and held nine Yazidi women and children captive as slaves.

#bbc.com. × Car bomb blast in northern Syria kills 15 agricultural workers. Fourteen women were among those killed in the attack outside Manbij, the Syria Civil Defence says.

#bbc.com. × Russia withdraws military equipment from Syria's Tartous port, images show. Moscow had moved columns of military vehicles to the port after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

#bbc.com. × Syria: Ahmed al-Sharaa named president for transitional period. The country's de facto leader is appointed seven weeks after his faction overthrew Bashar al-Assad.

#bbc.com. × Russian ships return to Syrian Tartous base ahead of expected withdrawal. Analysts say the return suggests that Moscow is preparing to evacuate one of its most valuable overseas bases.

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