A dozen witnesses to testify in trial of former member of Syria's secret police suspected of overseeing abuse of detainees at notorious jail near Damascus
Fighting and displacement still at its height, 9 years after demonstrators demanded the ouster of President Assad and precipitated 21st century's biggest war so far
Investigators for Human Rights Council attribute alleged rights abuses to Assad regime, Russian forces, al-Qaeda-linked fighters and Turkish-backed rebels
Ankara announces move after weekend strikes that killed dozens of Turkish, Syrian fighters, amid regime onslaught in Idlib that has displaced almost a million people
NATO and UN urge deescalation after dozens of Turkish troops killed in airstrike; nearly 1 million flee Idlib violence, hundreds skirmish with Greek police at border
As the two countries find themselves on opposite sides of the fighting in Idlib, experts say both wary of further military conflict due to economic, energy ties
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