Eric Tlozek

Program: AM Presented by Analysts and observers have been stunned by a lighting offensive launched by Syrian rebel groups.

Everything is connected, and that's especially true for the various conflicts in the Middle East.

Program: AM Presented by After years of suffering, Syrians are hopeful of returning and rebuilding their country following the ousting of dictator Bashar al Assad.

The end of Assad rule means many things, but particularly the long-overdue destruction of "the kingdom of silence", the paranoid security state that Hafez al-Assad built and his son Bashar intensified.

Program: AM Presented by There have been painful scenes in the Syrian capital as people rush to locate and liberate thousands of prisoners locked away by the ousted Assad regime.

Program: Presented by After nearly 14 years of war, Syrians are returning to areas destroyed by the Assad regime.

From Bashar al-Assad's abandoned palace to the site of one of the country's most horrific massacres, the ABC spent three days in Syria, uncovering the fallen dictator's secrets.

Israel will retain the right to resume war in Gaza with US backing if the second stage of the ceasefire prove pointless, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, as the break in fighting is set to take effect.

United Nations humanitarian officials said more than 630 trucks of humanitarian aid have entered the Gaza Strip, following the ceasefire deal.

A fire at a ski resort hotel in Türkiye's Bolu mountains has killed at least 76 people and forced panicked guests to jump out of windows in the middle of the night.