Assad regime forces in Syria are in preparation to attack civilian settlements in central Aleppo, and then pin the blame on Turkey for “targeting civilians,” according to the moderate opposition in Idlib, northwestern Syria. Moderated opposition groups infiltrated into the lines of the...

Two Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday by an airstrike in northwestern Syria, according to Turkey's Defense Ministry, following a large-scale attack by Ankara-backed opposition forces that targeted Syrian regime troops. The deaths brought to 15 the number of Turkish soldiers killed...

An estimated 170,000 of the 900,000 civilians forced from their homes in a massive wave of displacement in northwestern Syria are living out in the open, the UN said Thursday. The largest displacement since the civil war in Syria broke out nearly nine years ago comes in the thick of winter,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Turkish army backed by opposition forces launched a major military operation in Idlib province, following three weeks of heavy reinforcements to stall the Russian-led offensive in northern Syria that has killed 400 people and displaced 900,000 people since December, local...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Unidentified aircrafts hit pro-Iranian militias in eastern Deir Ezzor province overnight, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The airstrikes targeted a military convoy was heading to northern Syria from the Syrian-Iraqi border town of Al-Bukamal. ...

Turkish officials have announced that Turkey and Russia are discussing possible joint patrols around Idlib as one option to ensure security of the region. It has also been announced that Turkey, Russia and Iran will meet in Tehran next month to discuss Idlib while a Russian delegation...

Eight people were killed in shootings in the German city of Hanau late Wednesday, authorities said. Two hookah lounges reportedly were targeted. Authorities were searching for the perpetrators early Thursday, three hours after the shootings at about 10 p.m. (2100 GMT), which police said...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed forces launched a rocket attack on Russian outposts near Hmeimim air base in the coastal Latakia province, rebel source told Zaman al-Wasl Wednesday. The Russian defense systems have intercepted the missiles near the city of Jableh, according to the...

Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a Russian-backed Syrian offensive are being squeezed into ever smaller areas near Turkey’s border "under horrendous conditions" in below-freezing temperatures that are killing babies and young children, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Wednesday. Mark...

  At least two workers were killed on Tuesday when an explosion took place in northeastern Qamishli city, state-run news agency SANA reported. The explosion occurred when an explosive device went off while workers were repairing an electrical motor in a workshop, SANA said....

The UN envoy to Syria said Wednesday that the country was on the brink of worsening violence after an exchange of threats between key players Turkey and Russia. Syrian aid workers have called for an urgent ceasefire and international help for nearly a million people fleeing the regime's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces launched wide-range arrest campaign in eastern Deir province, tracking people who escaped conscription, to send them to the battlefronts in northern Syria, local activists said Wednesday.  Tens of youth were arrested along with members of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The self-governing Kurdish Democratic Union Party has deprived the displaced from Hama and Homs of bread in Raqqa province, holding the continued displacement responsible for the bread crisis. Nayef Saleh, who was displaced from the Al-Sukhna town east of Homs, says that...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened Wednesday to launch an operation in Syria's Idlib region by the end of the month if Damascus fails to withdraw behind Turkish military positions. "An operation in Idlib is imminent," Erdogan told his party's lawmakers in parliament. "We are counting...

A Syrian commercial flight landed at Aleppo airport Wednesday from Damascus, marking the resumption of internal flights between Syria's two largest cities for the first time since 2012. The flight carrying Syrian officials and journalists was a symbolic message from President Bashar Assad's...

Syrian aid workers issued an urgent call for a ceasefire and international help for nearly a million people fleeing a regime onslaught in the country's northwest on Wednesday. It came as Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to launch an operation in Syria by the end of the...

The United Nations human rights chief urged Syrian government forces and their allies Tuesday to allow safe corridors in conflict areas in northwestern Syria, where a military offensive has unleashed a massive wave of fleeing civilians in one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in the long...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three civilians killed on Tuesday in fresh airstrikes on Idlib province as regime forces backed by Russian air power made swift advances in northern Syria, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter. The evening strikes hit the town of Termanin north of Idlib city....

As Assad regime forces and its allies continue to target Idlib, northwestern Syria, an area covered by a nominal cease-fire, 148,000 more civilians have been displaced in the past six days, according to Syria's Response Coordination Group. With this latest figure, the number of displaced...

Turkey has made the necessary military preparations in northwestern Syria and told Russian counterparts it was determined to push Bashar al-Assad regime to previous boundaries, spokesman of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party said on Tuesday. Omer Celik said Turkey completed necessary...