Anne Barnard The New York Times

The order from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia came as the United Nations has sought to resume peace talks to end the war, entering its sixth year.

Interviews with 20 relatives, in Iraqi Kurdistan, in Istanbul, in five German towns and by phone in Syria, tell a story of a family chewed up by one party to the Syrian conflict after another: the Syrian government, the Islamic State, neighboring countries, the West.

Insurgent commanders say that since Russia began air attacks in support of the Syrian government, they are receiving for the first time bountiful supplies of powerful U.S.-made anti-tank missiles.

Visitors to the upper floors of the Muslim community centre planned for near Ground Zero in New York would walk through lofty spaces - for art exhibitions, for contemplation and prayer, for programmes on interreligious dialogue, for a 9/11 memorial - as sunlight streams through irregularly shaped windows between white crisscrossing beams.That is th...

The order from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia came as the United Nations has sought to resume peace talks to end the war, entering its sixth year.

Interviews with 20 relatives, in Iraqi Kurdistan, in Istanbul, in five German towns and by phone in Syria, tell a story of a family chewed up by one party to the Syrian conflict after another: the Syrian government, the Islamic State, neighboring countries, the West.

Insurgent commanders say that since Russia began air attacks in support of the Syrian government, they are receiving for the first time bountiful supplies of powerful U.S.-made anti-tank missiles.

Visitors to the upper floors of the Muslim community centre planned for near Ground Zero in New York would walk through lofty spaces - for art exhibitions, for contemplation and prayer, for programmes on interreligious dialogue, for a 9/11 memorial - as sunlight streams through irregularly shaped windows between white crisscrossing beams.That is th...