Turkey Friday sent more troops and tanks to bolster its military presence in northwestern Syria, where Bashar Assad's forces have been advancing in a devastating, Russian-backed offensive that has sparked a massive wave of people fleeing in wet and blustery winter weather. Syria's Idlib...

Turkey has sent nearly 150 vehicles with commandos and ammunition to reinforce its observation posts in Idlib, Syria's last rebel-held region, Turkish state news agency Anadolu reported Friday. A Turkish security source emphasised they were only to reinforce the 12 existing posts...

The Russian army accused Israel Friday of using a civilian plane carrying 172 passengers as a shield against Syrian anti-aircraft fire while carrying out air strikes near Damascus. Israel's air force hit targets in the capital area at dawn Thursday sparking a Syrian riposte, Russia's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Around 75 displaced families, mostly women and children, have been freed from the deserted Kurdish-held Al-Hol camp in northeastern Hasaka province over a tribal mediation, local council said Friday. Deir Ezzor's Civil Council said the freed families have headed their...