Türkiye's top energy official on Thursday announced plans to start exporting up to 500 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the northern province

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.

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.

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.

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,

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.

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

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.

The fields along Syria’s Mediterranean coast once produced wheat, tomatoes and olives to feed the country. They were a stronghold of support for Mr Assad. Alawites make up about 10% of Syria’s population but predominated in his regime and that of his father,