Some 128,000 people are thought to have been murdered in Syrian jails at the hands of the Assad regime. Thousands were tortured to death. Now, Europe is leading the charge to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Syria's Assad tells Russian lawmakers Western strikes were act of aggression - Russian news agency.

A U.N. report finds that Syrian government forces were responsible for a sarin gas attack on Khan Sheikhoun in April. Dozens of people were killed.

A string of car bombs and suicide attacks reported in several parts of Syria's Latakia province.