Despite severe casualties, regime forces backed by Russia take control of villages in Aleppo countryside Hundreds of forces of the Syrian Bashar al-Assad regime have been neutralized amid operations over the last two weeks in [ More … ]
A Syrian government helicopter was downed in a rural area west of Aleppo in Syria’s Idlib region, Turkish state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Friday. Syrian rebels shot down the government helicopter today, the second in [ More … ]
Around 90,000 more civilians headed toward the Turkish border in the past four days, the Syria Response Coordination Group said Friday. The civilians are fleeing as a result of attacks by the Bashar Assad regime [ More … ]
Idlib has turned into the last frontier between Syrian pro-regime forces and opposition forces, as well as their respective international allies. US special envoy for Syria engagement and the fight against the Islamic State group, [ More … ]
Turkey has warned Russian authorities to avoid confrontation with the Turkish military in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, as the country is retaliating against the Bashar Assad regime for a recent attack that killed four soldiers [ More … ]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Russia was not abiding by the Sochi or Astana agreements regarding Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, NTV reported on Wednesday. Renewed bombardments by Russia-backed Syrian regime forces on Idlib have [ More … ]
Turkey strives to end the violence in both Idlib and Libya with a political solution, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Wednesday. “Libya is our neighbor through the sea and it is out of question [ More … ]
More than 700,000 people have been displaced from Idlib governorate, northwestern Syria, over the past eight months as a result of the fighting between Syrian regime forces and opposition groups in the area. UN Deputy [ More … ]
US President says Turkey is working to ensure civilians are not killed as Syrian forces, backed by allies, pound region US President Donald Trump has warned Syria, Russia and Iran against killing civilians as they [ More … ]
The UN General Assembly yesterday officially asked Israel to leave the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The request was made after the resolution was adopted after 91 UN member states voted in favor, nine rejected and [ More … ]
The UAE representative in Damascus, Abdul-Hakim Al-Naimi, reportedly hailed the “wise leadership” of Syrian regime leader Bashar Al-Assad and stressed that his country maintains “strong” relations with Syria. He hoped that “safety and security prevail [ More … ]
Tel Aviv said it carried out dozens of strikes against the Iranian elite Quds’ Force and the Syrian military near Damascus, allegedly in response to four rockets fired at Israel on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Israeli defense [ More … ]
Israel has killed Islamic Jihad Commander Bahaa Abu al-Atta in Gaza and the Palestinian group says one of its political leaders was also targeted in Damascus Palestinian group Islamic Jihad has said one of its [ More … ]
A senior Turkish official said Turkey has captured the older sister of the slain leader of Daesh in northwestern Syria, calling the arrest an intelligence “gold mine.” Little is known about the sister of Abu [ More … ]
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi targeted in US raid in Syria. Trump says Baghdadi died whimpering and screaming US President Donald Trump has confirmed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. He blew himself up [ More … ]
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