Assault on Syria's Idlib pushes 700,000 to flee in potential 'international crisis,' says U.S. envoy
An assault on rebel-held northwest Syria by government forces has pushed some 700,000 people to flee toward the Turkish border and raised the specter of an international crisis, U.S. Special Envoy for Syria James Jeffrey said on Thursday. Backed by Russian air power, government forces ...
Syria regime forces poised to enter key rebel hub as Russia bombs escape route
Syrian regime forces were poised Monday to enter Maaret al-Numan, a town of symbolic and strategic importance in the country's last major opposition bastion that is deserted after months of bombardment. Maaret al-Numan is a strategic prize lying on the M5 highway linking Damascus to ...
Russian-led airstrikes seen halting in Idlib after cease-fire takes hold
Russia and its allies halted airstrikes in Syria's Idlib region on Sunday as a cease-fire agreed with Turkey came into force, residents, rebels and respondents said, although few were optimistic the truce would hold. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled Idlib province in recent ...
Tayyip Erdogan says up to 250,000 Syrians flee toward Turkey as crisis worsens
President Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday up to 250,000 migrants were fleeing toward Turkey from Syria's northwest Idlib region after weeks of renewed bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces. Turkey already hosts some 3.7 million Syrian refugees, the largest refugee population in the world, and ...
Russian and Syrian airstrikes kill 17 in rebel-held northwest despite 'de-escalation,' rescuers say
Syrian government and Russian airstrikes killed at least 17 people on Tuesday in rebel-held northwestern Syria in a spike in casualties from relentless daily strikes in recent months, witnesses and rescuers said. The northwest corner of the country, including the Idlib region, is the last ...
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 ...
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 ...
Warplanes strike Syria's Idlib despite latest cease-fire, say monitors
Airstrikes pounded the south of Syria's Idlib region on Thursday, a rebel official and residents said, despite a cease-fire that had halted a fierce army offensive against the rebel stronghold two weeks ago. Government warplanes bombed the south Idlib countryside for the first time since, ...
Turkish military enters Syria to begin joint U.S. 'safe zone' patrol, irking Damascus
Armed Turkish military vehicles crossed into war-stricken Syria on Sunday to begin joint patrols with U.S. counterparts to establish a high-stakes "safe zone" along a border region controlled by Kurdish forces. Vehicles with Turkish flags joined those in Syria with U.S. flags some 15 km ...
Syrian rebels push back against Russia-backed regime forces' advances in Idlib
Syrian rebels on Tuesday launched a wide-scale attack against a five-month Russia-backed Syrian army campaign aiming to take back the opposition's last major bastion, opposition officials, rebels and residents said. The push-back comes as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in ...
Russian-backed Syrian army poised to take key Idlib town hit by sarin in 2017 after rebels withdraw
Syrian government forces look set to recover a strategic town that has been in rebel hands since 2014 in a major Russian-backed offensive into the opposition's last major stronghold. An organization that monitors the war and a pro-Damascus military source said insurgents had withdrawn from ...
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels counterattack after regime forces advance in Idlib
A rebel group backed by Turkey will send reinforcements to the front lines of the last major rebel enclave in northern Syria to oppose a government offensive, it said on Thursday. Over the past week, the Syrian army has advanced toward the town of Khan ...
