Syria
Aleppo injured 'zipped into body bags' while still alive as doctors overwhelmed
Mortally wounded casualties are being zipped into body bags while still alive as the bombardment of Aleppo overwhelms the city's handful of remaining doctors, says the head of a Syrian relief… Audio
Main hospital in Aleppo closed after deadly bombing
Aleppo hospital bombings are part of deliberate strategy by Assad says a Syria Free Army spokesman. Audio
Insight: NZ's Time on the UN Security Council
RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson travels to the United Nations in New York, to examine New Zealand's work on the Security Council as its tenure draws to a close. Video, Audio
Syria conflict: Aleppo hospital bombed a second time
An air raid on the rebel-held eastern half of Aleppo in Syria has hit the area's largest hospital for the second time in a matter of days, a medical charity...
US favouring Syria jihadist group, says Russia
The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has accused the United States of further fuelling the war in Syria.
100,000 children drink contaminated water in Aleppo
Situation continues to deteriorate in Syria as the siege continues, with air strikes on a hospital in eastern Aleppo and contaminated water affected a hundred thousand children. Audio
Russia vows to continue bombing Aleppo
Russia has said it will carry on bombing rebel-held eastern Aleppo in Syria, defying US demands to stop.
Would-be foreign fighter bound for Syria likely deported to NZ
The lawyer for a New Zealand man convicted in Melbourne of trying to fight in Syria says her client poses no threat if he's deported home. Amin Mohamed was sentenced to five and a half years in prison… Audio
Warplanes knock out two hospitals in Aleppo
Russian or Syrian warplanes have knocked out two hospitals in the besieged rebel sector of Aleppo as ground forces intensified an assault. Video, Audio
NZ man sentenced to 5 and a half years for planning to fight in Syria
New Zealand man Amin Mohamed has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years jail in Australia for planning to travel to Syria and fight in the conflict. ABC reporter Emma Younger joins Checkpoint. Audio
Syria conflict: Aleppo evacuation corridors needed
The World Health Organisation wants safe routes to be set up immediately to evacuate sick and wounded Syrians from besieged parts of the city of Aleppo.
World Vision says food supplies in Aleppo are running out
World Vision warns supplies of food and water are starting to run extremely low as the crisis in Syria takes hold again. There are reports though that some aid has begun to trickle through. Audio
Key condemns renewed bombing of Aleppo
The overnight bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo is hugely disappointing, Prime Minister John Key says. Audio
Key condemns latest Aleppo bomb strikes
Prime Minister John Key says after more five years of brutal fighting Syria has become the greatest crisis of our time. Audio
"Russia does not need to win these wars, it just can't lose"
The Interpreter editor James Miller talks to Checkpoint about Russia's motivation in the Syria conflict. Video, Audio
Christine Spring: HOPE
Kathryn Ryan speaks to author, photographer and former engineer Christine Spring about her book HOPE. The hard cover book is a photo essay of Syrian refugees in Lebanon taken in October 2015 when… Audio, Gallery
Russia correspondent Andrew Roth
Washington Post correspondent in Moscow Andrew Roth on Russia's role in Syria and reports about Vladimir Putin forming a new super spy agency. Audio
Russian action in Syria is 'barbarism' - US
The US has accused Russia of "barbarism, not counter-terrorism" in Syria and the UK's foreign secretary suggested Russia may have committed a war crime.
UN Security Council holds urgent meeting on Syria conflict
The UN Security Council has met overnight in New York. The urgent meeting was called by the United States, France and Britian to discuss the deteriorating situation in Syria. Audio
Labour leader skeptical about NZ leadership on Syria
Labour leader Andrew Little is skeptical about New Zealand's ability to influence Syria war through its UN Security Council presidency. Audio
