A Turkish fighter jet downed a Syrian regime warplane over the northwestern Idlib province Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said after nine civilians were killed in regime airstrikes, in the third such downing in three days. Turkey on Sunday confirmed it had...

 The Kremlin said on Tuesday Russia was hoping to minimize the risk of a direct clash with Turkey in Syria even though soldiers from both countries were in close proximity in Idlib region on different sides of a live conflict. Moscow was commenting a day after Syrian government forces...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least ten civilians were killed on Monday in Russian airstrikes on northern Idlib province. The Russian warplanes carried out four raids on the rebel-held village of al-Fuaa in the northern countryside of Idlib, leaving nine people dead, accoridng to Zaman al-Wasl...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian displaced Jamal Baroud has put his kidney for sale after losing all hope of finding a tent in the northern Syria camps for his eight children to live in. The photojournalist Aref Wedd published on his Facebook page a picture of Baroud carrying a sign...

The head of Syria's "White Helmets" civilian defence group called Monday for a no-fly zone over Idlib and other northwestern areas to end airstrikes that have driven hundreds of thousands from their homes in recent weeks. "There are systematic strikes on hospitals, White Helmet offices and...

American delegation arrived in Ankara on Monday to hold talks on Syria with Turkish officials. The delegation will be accompanied by Kelly Craft -- the U.S. ambassador to the UN -- and James Jeffrey -- the U.S. special envoy for Syria and also a former U.S. ambassador to Turkey -- "amid...

Moscow has participated in war crimes connected with deadly air strikes in Syria, UN investigators said Monday, warning that Ankara could also be responsible for similar crimes against Kurds there. The charges come as tensions soar between Turkey and Russian-backed Syrian forces following...

 Russia said it cannot guarantee the safety of Turkish aircraft over Syria, after Turkey shot down two Syrian war planes and struck a military airport, the latest clashes that have brought Moscow and Ankara closer than ever to direct confrontation. Damascus said on Monday it was...

Turkey is hoping and working for a cease-fire in the embattled Syrian province of Idlib, said Turkey's president on Monday. "My only wish is to end this struggle with victory and prevent further bloodshed, with a permanent cease-fire. For this, we are using all our diplomatic channels,...

Israel's military on Monday targeted a vehicle in the Syrian-controlled Golan Heights after identifying an attempted sniper attack from the area, the military said in a statement. "IDF (Israel Defense Forces) troops identified an attempted sniper attack in the northern Golan Heights area....

Syrian regime forces and their allies retook early Monday a key northwestern town days after losing it to rebel forces, pro-government media and an opposition war monitor said. The town's recapture comes after escalating and direct clashes between Syrian and Turkish forces that could signal...

Damascus and parallel Libyan authorities opposed to the U.N.-recognised government in Tripoli agreed Sunday to exchange diplomatic missions and confront Turkish "interference", state media said. A delegation representing eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar met Syrian Foreign Minister...

  The Iranian media outlets said on Sunday that 21 Shiite fighters have been killed in Turkish drone strikes last Friday.  The death toll included 18 fighters with the Pakistani Zainabiyoun Brigade and three with the Afghan Fatemiyoun Brigade, key pro-Iran...

Turkish military targeted and rendered unusable Syria's Nayrab military airport in the northern province of Aleppo, Turkey's state-owned Anadolu agency said Sunday. Turkey has sharply escalated its attacks on Syrian government forces since Thursday, when dozens of Turkish soldiers were...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- As Syrian regime forces suffer heavy losses in northwestern Syria, a new battlefront has already come to surface in southern Darra province  when Syrian opposition fighters on Sunday have stormed regime bastions and took troops captive. The western...

Syria’s official news agency said two of its warplane were shot down by Turkish forces inside northwest Syria, amid a military escalation there that's led to growing direct clashes between Turkish and Syrian regime forces. SANA says the jets were targeted over the Idlib region, and that the...

Syrian state media denied a report on Sunday that a government plane had been shot down and said instead that its army had downed a Turkish drone in the Idlib region of northwest Syria. Turkey's state-owned Anadolu Agency said a Syrian plane was shot down in the northwest, where the Syrian...

Syria’s army has declared the airspace over northwest Syria closed to planes and drones, pledging to down any aircraft that violates it, state media said on Sunday. “Any aircraft that violates our airspace will be dealt with as enemy aircraft that must be brought down,” state news agency...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish strikes using drones and smart missiles have killed at least 70 regime troops and hit two military airports, 22 outposts and army convoy in northwest Syria, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. The Turkish drones have destroyed a military convoy near the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed Syrian forces pressed new gains in northwestern Syria on Saturday, taking two towns and four villages from regime forces south of Idlib and west of Hama province, rebel sources told Zaman al-Wasl. Backed by Turkish artillery and equipped by new...