Syrian airstrikes on Idlib markets kill at least 11, say White Helmets
Syrian government airstrikes on the rebel-held area of Idlib killed at least 11 people and wounded dozens on Monday after hitting two outdoor markets, Syrian civil defense forces said. Syria's northwestern corner, including the Idlib region, is the last major chunk of territory still in ...
Nearly 70 dead in Syria regime clashes with Idlib militants in area under cease-fire accord
Two days of clashes between regime forces and armed groups in Syria's last major opposition bastion have killed nearly 70 on both sides, undermining a months-long cease-fire agreement, a war monitor said Sunday. The battles in the northwestern province of Idlib are "the most violent" ...
Syrian troops capture village from insurgents in Idlib despite cease-fire
Syrian government forces captured Sunday a northwestern village from insurgents after clashes that left more than a dozen killed on both sides, state media and an opposition war monitor said. State news agency SANA said Syrian troops captured Msheirfeh early Sunday after clashes with insurgents ...
In regime-bombed camp, displaced Syrians say they are no longer safe
Abu Mahmoud thought he and his family had found relative safety from Syria's war, but then rocket fire pounded their camp in the night, killing 16 civilians. On Thursday morning, his brother's tent lay in cinders amid the neat rows of white dwellings of the ...
Russian airstrikes kill seven civilians in northwestern Syria's Idlib
Airstrikes by Syrian regime ally Russia on Sunday killed seven civilians, including three children, in an anti-government bastion in northwestern Syria, a war monitor reported. Eight others were wounded in the raids and some of them are in a "critical" condition, said Rami Abdel Rahman, ...
Syrian President Bashar Assad Thursday said he did not want to make an "enemy" of neighboring Turkey, despite the latter's invasion having led to a confrontation between their forces. Assad said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan himself was an "enemy" due to policies hostile ...
Syria's Kurdish forces said they expected revenge attacks by the Islamic State group following the U.S. announcement Sunday that the jihadi organization's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been killed. "Sleeper cells will seek revenge for Baghdadi's death," said Mazloum Abdi, the top commander of the ...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the elusive leader of the Islamic State group and the world's most wanted man, met his demise near a small village in northwestern Syria called Barisha. This is what we know about the area: Barisha is located less than 5 km from Turkey ...
Assad regime fire kills seven in northwest Syria market, monitor group says
Syrian regime rocket fire killed seven civilians in a market for olives in an opposition bastion in the country's northwest Thursday, a war monitor said. The bombardment fell on a village north of the town of Jisr al-Shughur in the jihadi-controlled Idlib region, the Britain-based ...
U.S. confirms Syria used chemical weapons in Idlib in May and vows response
The United States said Thursday it had confirmed another chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces, although there were no fatalities, and vowed a response. The Assad regime used chlorine on May 19 in Latakia province during its ferocious offensive to take back ...
Erdogan hosts Putin and Rouhani for Syria summit with focus on Assad's push to seize Idlib
The latest summit on Syria hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara with his Russian and Iranian counterparts started on Monday, with attention focused on Damascus's push on the last rebel-held bastion of Idlib. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani met Erdogan for ...
Syrian government artillery pounds south Idlib amid truce: rescuers
Syrian troops shelled the south of Idlib on Sunday, according to rescuers and residents in the rebel stronghold where a cease-fire had halted a fierce army offensive two weeks ago. Artillery fire battered Maarat al-Numan town and nearby villages in the south Idlib countryside over ...
