While President Assad, buoyed by a recent win in Homs, has praised his soldier's bravery in the face of 'the fiercest barbaric war in modern history'

The Ministry of Defence is being sued for negligence in a landmark case by the family of a military policeman who was killed in one of the most notorious episodes of the Iraq war.

A third soldier who died from injuries sustained in SAS selection training in mid-Wales last month, was today named as Corporal James Dunsby.

Charge carried possible life sentence, although he will now be sentenced after convictions on lesser charges of espionage and theft

In total, 800 applicants were investigated as possible suspects

Pictures show he and his wife wiping the tears from children's faces and visiting the sick in hospital

In total, 800 applicants were investigated as possible suspects

As siege for strategic central Syrian city reaches climax, opposition fears rebel fighters will not hold out much longer

Scores more wounded as surge of attacks revive fears of return to widespread sectarian bloodshed

The judge in the case is due to issue verdicts within days

Wife of Sgt Nightingale said the couple are disappointed over the sentencing but relieved that he will be returning home

Sgt Nightingale has already been jailed - and freed - for the same crime

An inquest has opened into the deaths of Lance Corporal Craig Roberts and newly-identified Edward Maher

The head of Unite  blames clique for turning party into a ‘pinkish shadow’