For years, Syria's Maaret al-Numan was a defiant hotspot for anti-government protests, before increased regime bombardment reduced it to a graffiti-daubed ghost town. Here is a brief profile of the strategic northwestern road hub, which the Syrian army said it had recaptured on Wednesday...

Syrian regime troops are in full control of a key rebel-held town in the country's northwest after days of intense fighting and airstrikes that displaced tens of thousands of people, the Syrian army said Wednesday. The capture of the town of Maaret al-Numan in Idlib province marks...

Turkey's Defence Ministry said Tuesday that it would retaliate "in the strongest way, without hesitation" against any attack on its observation posts in Syria's northwestern Idlib province by President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Syrian government forces entered Tuesday a town south of Idlib...

Syrian regime forces entered a town south of Idlib city Tuesday, in a significant advance for Bashar al-Assad as he seeks to recapture rebel-held territory in the country's northwest, a war monitor and pro-regime media said. Regime forces entered Maarat al-Numan and were combing its...