world news
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Fresh pact allows evacuation of wounded civilians from villages of Fua and Kefraya, as well as two towns near Lebanese border
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Blast near university in Kayseri targets public bus, wounding 55 other soldiers and civilians
spotlight
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Following Trump’s win, one KKK chapter announced plans for a victory parade in North Carolina. But where was it going to be, and who might turn up? Dave Eggers joined the protestors playing cat-and-mouse with white supremacists
around the world
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UKUKBaggage handlers down suitcases as Britons get ready for wave of strikesAirport staff join BA crew, Virgin pilots, Post Office workers plus train drivers and conductors in announcing industrial action
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EuropeEuropeGermany to force Facebook, Google and Twitter to act on hate speechJustice minister threatens sanctions such as fines on tech companies if they still fail to delete illegal posts by early next year
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Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission enjoins government to prioritise legislation on identification and protection of human trafficking victims
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opinion & analysis
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Location of Syria’s most populous city is behind why it has been fiercely fought over – with war destroying history that centuries of refugees helped build
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Assad’s regime remains weak, his backers are already falling out and western influence in the Middle East is at a low ebb
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Turkey’s enthusiastic backing for the anti-Assad rebels has waned and it is unclear how it will deal with any arriving refugees
pictures and video
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A car bomb in Turkey targeting military personnel travelling on a public bus has killed 13 soldiers
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President Obama reflects on his role in the Syrian war and other conflicts at his final press conference of 2016
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In his last press conference of the year, Obama went on to discuss his response to Russian hacking of the DNC in the run-up to the election, telling Putin to ‘cut it out’
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UN secretary general describes war-torn Aleppo as a synonym for hell, in his last news conference in the role
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President Barack Obama says the US will retaliate against Russian cyber-attacks during the presidential election
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US secretary of state John Kerry roundly condemns Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian government’s actions in Aleppo
US Obama says he warned Russia to 'cut it out' over election hacking
Hacked emails Clinton accuses Putin of acting on 'personal beef'
Comment Obama blaming media for result is counterproductive