A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups.

Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people on Thursday in Syria's northern Manbij region, a war monitor said.The latest reported fighting comes despite the United States saying Wednesday that it was working to address Turkey's concerns in Syria to dissuade the NATO ally from escalating an offensive against Kurdish fighters.

Assad's regime, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr travelled to Syria to interview rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, better known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani. Crossing from Aleppo in the north to Damascus in the south,

Those who have fled their home country of Syria to settle in Britain reflect on the aftermath of the events of the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

While nominally tasked with securing the former regime from major threats, the 4th Division – also known as the 4th Armoured Division – became an industrial power broker, controlling and profiting from big business in Syria.

Bishop Hanna Jallouf says meeting with Ahmed Al-Sharaa 'full of great affection,' expresses optimism about country's future - Anadolu Ajansı

International flights in and out of Syria’s main airport in Damascus will resume next week after being halted since rebels overthrew the former regime last month.

Trees and flowers have also been planted in parks, bringing new life to a war-weary city. Officials and locals, including Orthodox Christians as well as Muslims, have all joined in. The civil war in Syria left its deepest scars in Aleppo. Many parts of it were bombed, much of it by Russian warplanes, which resulted in massive destruction.

A group of young people volunteer as traffic officers, stepping in to address Aleppo’s traffic problems after fall of Assad regime - Anadolu Ajansı

Images taken just after the precipitous end of the civil war reveal a secret legacy that is just becoming visible.

Damascus and Aleppo, Syria – Until the fall of the al-Assad regime, the word “dollar” was forbidden in public. Instead, people used anything green – my favourite substitute was “molokhiyeh”, the green leaf eaten in a stew in Arab countries.

Forces allied with Syria's new interim government have intensified ground attacks in an attempt to take two main dams in the east of the country from a US-backed Kurdish militia in the past 24 hours,