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Syrian opposition sees window for political solution after eight years of civil war
Syria now has a good opportunity to reach a political solution to its devastating eight-year war as cease-fires have brought calm to many areas of the country, Syria's chief opposition negotiator said Saturday. "I think now that we have an opportunity, because nearly in Syria ...
Jihadis are making ground in the Syrian rebel bastion of Idlib, monitor says
Islamic jihadis inched forward in Syria's last major opposition bastion Wednesday as a deal with rival rebels saw them expand their control to three-quarters of the stronghold, a monitor said. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which is led by jihadis of Syria's former al-Qaida affiliate, has been ...
Syrian jihadis push forward into Turkish-backed rebel buffer zone enclaves
A jihadi assault gained ground on Tuesday against Turkish-backed rebels in northwest Syria, edging closer to front-lines with government forces, a rebel official and a war monitor said. The advance raises questions about the fate of September's demilitarization deal between Turkey and Russia, which staved ...
50 killed as Syria clashes between rebels and jihadis intensify, spread to Idlib
Clashes between jihadis and rebels in northwestern Syria have killed almost 50 people over two days, a war monitor said Wednesday. Clashes flared Tuesday between al-Qaida-linked coalition Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and an alliance of rebel groups in western Aleppo province. On Wednesday the fighting spread ...
Pentagon warns Russia and Assad against tampering with site of alleged Syria chemical attack
The Pentagon warned Russia on Tuesday against interfering with the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria's regime-held city of Aleppo. Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has accused armed groups of carrying out a "toxic gas" attack Saturday that left dozens of people ...
Alleged Syria chemical attack, retaliatory Russian airstrikes seen imperiling Idlib rebel truce deal
A 10-week-old truce deal in northern Syria looked as precarious as ever Monday after an alleged chemical attack, which has already drawn retaliatory raids despite its origins being unclear. The exact circumstances of the purported attack on three districts of the government-held city of Aleppo ...
Turkish president hosts Russian, French, German leaders at summit on ending Syrian civil war
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened a summit in Istanbul on Saturday with the leaders of Russia, Germany and France aimed at finding a political solution to the seven-year Syrian war. "The eyes of the world are on us today. . . . I am ...
Syrian jihadis signal acceptance of Russia-Turkey Idlib deal to prevent Assad regime onslaught
Syria's main jihadist group signaled on Sunday it would abide by the terms of a Russian-Turkish deal to prevent a Syrian government offensive on rebel-held Idlib the day before a critical deadline. Tahrir al-Sham, a jihadi alliance spearheaded by al-Qaida's former Syrian affiliate previously known ...
Jihadis pull heavy arms from parts of Syria buffer zone around Idlib: monitor
Jihadi factions including Syria's former al-Qaida branch have pulled heavy weapons from parts of a planned buffer zone in the country's northwest put forward under a Turkey-Russia deal, a monitor said Monday. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham "and other less influential jihadist groups have withdrawn their heavy ...
Fighters' alliance says pullout of heavy weapons from Syrian buffer zone to last several days
The withdrawal by rebels of their heavy weapons from a planned buffer zone in northwestern Syria is due to last several days, a Turkish-backed alliance of fighters said Sunday. The National Liberation Front (NLF) announced Saturday that it has begun withdrawing heavy arms from the ...
Two militant groups reject demilitarized zone set by Russia and Turkey in Syria's Idlib
Two insurgent groups rejected a deal reached this month between Russia and Turkey to establish a demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib region with one saying Sunday that the agreement aims to "bury the revolution." The rejection by some jihadi groups of the Russia-Turkey deal highlights ...
