Its hospitals are battered, residents heavily dependent on aid and escape routes to neighbouring Turkey sealed. If attacked by government forces, Syria's rebel-held Idlib is poised for a humanitarian calamity. The northwestern province, which lies along the border with Turkey, has been held...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Six members of the US-backed forces were killed by an improvised explosive device in eastern Deir Ezzor province on Wednesday, local activists said. The IED hit the vehicle of the Syrian Democratic Forces between al-Tanak and al-Omar oil fields in the eastern...

An explosion rocked the rebel-held Afrin enclave in northern Syria on Wednesday, killing two and wounding 18 others, activists reported. The explosion was caused by a roadside bomb left on a sidewalk in a popular marketplace in Afrin in the northern countryside of Aleppo province,...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday held previously unannounced talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish presidency said, with the situation in Syria likely to have dominated the agenda. With expectation growing of an offensive by Tehran ally President...