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President Hafaz al-Assad ordered his brother Rifaat al-Assad to quell a Sunni Islamist revolt in the city of Hama in 1982. An estimated 25,000 died.
Detainees who control Hama prison have reportedly reached an agreement with the Syrian regime, which would see prison guards return, but inmates eventually released and no retaliation against them.
Swiss authorities may shelve the trial of Rifaat al-Assad, the 87-year-old uncle of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, due to his deteriorating health.
In 2017 Donald Trump ordered strikes against Syria over a regime chemical weapons attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun.
The foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey and Iran will meet on the sidelines of the event in Doha to discuss recent developments in Syria.
Russia, a key ally of the Syrian regime, has provided significant military assistance to Assad and has expanded its presence in Syria over the years.
Iraqi Kurd Barham Hama Ali, 25, was among a handful of asylum seekers who were due to be deported to Rwanda from the UK until the flight was cancelled at the 11th hour.
Mohammed Eldaher, a Hama native who moved to Canada with his family in 2016, discovered on Saturday that someone had broken the gate to his farm near Calgary and driven over his crops.
A Swedish court has acquitted former Syrian general Mohammed Hamo of war crimes charges during the Syrian civil war.
Syrian political detainees who took over Hama prison on Monday have requested rebel groups carry out no violent acts in their names, as conditions worsen in the jail.