Army moves in after fighting between Sunni cleric’s followers and Hezbollah supporters

David Cameron on Monday evening made a final attempt to bounce Russia into supporting a future for Syria without President Bashar al-Assad.

Former PM: 'We should be taking a more interventionist line. That’s where I come from in politics'

William Hague has warned that the international community must be “prepared to do more” to end the Syria crisis following talks in Washington with US secretary of state John Kerry.

Opposition activists claim attack on Hatla was incited by President Assad’s decision to arm villagers

The city is still split between rebel-held and government-held areas

Rebels lose strategic town of Qusayr after three weeks of bitter fighting

UN report claims chemical weapons have been used by both sides in civil war

Six people were killed in clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli and gunmen attacked a cleric in the southern port of Sidon on Monday, in further violence stoked by civil war in neighbouring Syria.

Family confirm death of American woman also fighting Assad’s forces as part of Islamist group loyal to al-Qa’ida

They share the same aim - the removal of Assad from power - but they are not the same

Claim contradicts Assad's claim that the missiles were already in the country

Comments come as a blow to international community, which has been at loggerheads over how to end the conflict

Village after Shia village had hung photos of men who went to fight for Qusayr two weeks ago