A summit between the Turkish and Russian leaders on Thursday may be the last chance to work out a deal that avoids further calamity in Syria’s northwest. Faced with mounting losses for his troops in Syria's Idlib province and a potential wave of refugees fleeing the fighting, Turkish...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- An overnight Russian air strike on a displaced center in northern Idlib province has killed 16 people, including women and children, rescue agency said Thursday. The White Helmets said 16 civilians were killed and 18 others injured in the attack on the town...

Israeli fighter jets fired missiles towards military positions in central Syria early on Thursday, according to Syrian state media and an opposition war monitor. State news agency SANA said that Israeli warplanes launched the missiles while flying over Lebanon's airspace, and reported...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed opposition forces seized a strategic town and a hilltop in the western countryside of Aleppo, local activists said Wednesday. Backed by heavy artillery fire, the National Army has taken the town of Sheikh Aqeel and the al-Arqam hilltop northwest of Aleppo...

Russia is racing to reinforce its troops in Syria by sea and air before talks between the Russian and Turkish leaders in Moscow on Thursday, flight data and shipping movements show. The two presidents, Vladimir Putin and Tayyip Erdogan, agreed to meet after a surge in tensions between their...

A fight broke out in the Turkish parliament between lawmakers from opposing parties Wednesday during a tense discussion about Turkey's military involvement in northwest Syria. Video images showed dozens of legislators from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party and from the main opposition...

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it hoped Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan would be able to agree on a set of joint measures for the Syrian province of Idlib when they meet for talks in Moscow on Thursday. "We plan to discuss the Idlib crisis... We expect...

European Union foreign ministers meeting for emergency talks on Turkey and Syria on Friday will offer 60 million euros in additional humanitarian aid for the northeastern province of Idlib, according to diplomatic sources in the bloc. Idlib has been the latest flash-point in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed Syrian forces on Wednesday launched a major attack to retake Saraqeb, the strategic city two days after its fall to the Syrian regime's favour, opposition activists said. From six axes, the Sytian National Army began its battle to repel regime...

Turkish forces neutralized 3,136 regime elements in Syria since the start of Operation Spring Shield in the northwestern Idlib region, said the National Defense Ministry on Wednesday. The new offensive also destroyed 151 tanks, 47 howitzers, two vehicles, three airplanes, eight helicopters,...

Erdogan said Thursday that he expects a ceasefire to be achieved quickly after planned talks Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin said Wednesday it hoped Putin and Erdogan would be able to agree on a set of joint measures for the Syrian province of Idlib. "We plan...

Germany has close economic ties with Russia and could use this leverage to pressure President Vladimir Putin over Moscow's involvement in Syria, its defence minister said Wednesday. Escalating military action in Syria's northern Idlib region, where Russia is backing an offensive by...

Fighting in northwest Syria has rendered large parts of the region uninhabitable for civilians now crammed into an ever-shrinking area where conditions are dire, says a report released Wednesday. The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative's Signal Program analysed satellite imagery of towns and...

President Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday that parliamentary elections would be held in war-torn Syria on April 13. The polls, to be held across government-controlled parts of Syria, are the third such elections in the country since the start of its nine-year civil war. Assad's forces...

Turkey’s Operation Spring Shield in northwestern Syria hit 82 Assad regime targets, destroyed nine tanks, two howitzers, six rockets, and two vehicles, and neutralized 299 regime elements, said the National Defense Ministry late Tuesday.  Turkish authorities often use the word...

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Syria’s Idlib region with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone call, the RIA news agency cited the Kremlin as saying on Tuesday. Putin and Merkel expressed hopes that the upcoming meeting between Putin and his Turkish...

At least 12 civilians were killed when the Assad regime and Russian assaults targeted Idlib, a de-escalation zone in northern Syria, local sources said on Tuesday.  Russian and regime fighter jets hit Idlib city center, Binnish town and Sahil Roj region, the White Helmets, a civil...

The United States will send $108 million in humanitarian aid to the people of Syria, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said Tuesday. The United States also said Tuesday it was willing to provide ammunition to Turkey, according to U.S. special representative for the region James...

Turkish news channels have been dominated this week by a steady stream of black-and-white drone footage showing the destruction of Syrian regime targets in rebel-held Idlib. Domestically produced drones have given Turkey a vital edge in its latest operation against Syrian forces. They have...

The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected allegations by the United Nations that Russia may have committed war crimes in Syria last year, saying the U.N. investigators are in no position to know what is happening on the ground. "We strongly reject these claims," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov....