As Syria marks the overthrow of the Assad regime, Bel Trew visits Aleppo, where Christian residents are beset by uncertainty. She speaks to families worried about life under a new Islamist-led administration

Pope Francis condemns killing of children in Gaza as ‘cruelty, not war’

‘Friendly fire’ incident reported just hours after US airstrikes on Yemen

Bel Trew reports from the site of a mass grave at Qutayfah, about 25 miles from the Syrian capital Damascus. There, she speaks to someone who dug the trenches before realising the true horror of what was happening at the site – while others warn of the scale of atrocities committed by the Assad regime before he was overthrown

Abu Mohammed al-Golani urges the West to lift sanctions on Syria and delist his group as terrorist organisation

Israeli president Isaac Herzog meets Adam Boehler, US president-elect Donald Trump’s designated envoy for hostage affairs

It appears to be the first time a sitting Israeli leader has set foot that far into Syria

The UK, Germany and the EU have met or are planning meetings with new administration

Campaign group Detained in Dubai said it was ‘outrageous’ foreign secretary David Lammy was not helping Marcus Fakana

Hamas says a Gaza ceasefire will only be signed if Israel stops setting new conditions for peace

US president-elect Donald Trump also said he had a ‘very good talk’ with Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu

After a fact-checking group in Syria concluded that a man found in an abandoned Syrian prison was actually an Assad officer who took part in tortures, CNN said it is now investigating if the prisoner gave them a “false identity”

Bel Trew meets the new police chief in Syria’s third city, tasked with keeping the peace now that forces led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have ousted the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Every city across the country is now facing the same question: who will rule and how?

Bashar al-Assad claimed he had no intention of leaving the country when he lost his grip on the country a week ago

Parastoo Ahmadi expected to face charges after ‘imaginary concert’ draws 2 million views

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will ‘hold onto it, cause it to blossom and settle in it’

Photographer codenamed Caesar who captured more than 53,000 pictures documenting the horrors of the Assad regime tells Bel Trew how he risked his life to show the world what was happening – and his fears for what is still to be found

The Rukban camp was supposed to provide refuge to those fleeing chemical weapons attacks and other atrocities, writes Bel Trew. The thousands who became trapped there could only pray for survival until the fall of Assad’s regime

British teenager Marcus Fakana, 18, is facing a year in Al-Awir prison, where inmates have described horrifying conditions

Bel Trew meets some of the many gathered in the capital Damascus, hearing tales of hope – and a recognition of the work ahead