Islamic State extremists are mounting increasingly bold attacks in Syria and Iraq following their loss of territory in both countries and are planning for the breakout of their fighters in detention facilities, U.N. experts said in a new report. The panel of experts said in the report...

Syrian state TV reported early on Tuesday that shelling hit a natural gas plant in the south-central area of the city of Homs as well as the Ebla gas plant there. Firefighting units are still trying to put out a fire at the south-central area gas plant while no damage was reported at the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 30,000 students have returned to classes in northeastern Syria after a shutdown followed the Turkish military operation last October, a local official told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. Yasser Shalit, director Education Office in Tel Abyad Council, said that 277...

An air defense system at Syria’s Hmeimim air base has downed two drones near the facility, Syria’s Ikhbariya state TV reported on Monday, citing its correspondent. It gave no further details. The air base is currently operated by Russia, which intervened in Syria’s war in 2015 in support of...

Germany on Monday warned against a grave humanitarian catastrophe in northwestern Syria amid recent attacks by the regime and its allies. Addressing a conference in Berlin organized by the German armed forces, Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer expressed deep concern over recent...

Turkey's defense minister arrived at the Syrian border on Monday in the wake of a deadly Assad regime attack on Turkish troops in Idlib, northwestern Syria. Hulusi Akar bowed out of accompanying the president on a scheduled official visit to Ukraine due to the shelling assault, which left...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Monday for Russia to honour its pledges under a 2018 agreement after eight Turks were killed in shelling by Syrian government forces in northwestern Syria. "I hope that everyone will assume their obligations under the Astana and Sochi agreements,"...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's airstrikes on Monday have killed eleven displaced people, including four children and three women, while they were fleeing the western region of Aleppo province. According to Zaman al-Wasl reporter, the Russian airstrikes have targeted a minibus carrying...

Turkey informed Russia of developments in Syria’s Idlib region, a spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party said on Monday, denying Moscow’s assertion that it was not informed of movements before six Turkish troops were killed by Syrian shelling. Russia, which supports Syrian...

Death toll from regime attack on Turkish troops in northern Syria on Monday has risen to six, the Defense Ministry said. At least five Turkish soldiers and a civil personnel were martyred and seven others injured in intense shelling by Bashar al-Assad regime forces in Idlib, the ministry...

The ongoing attacks by Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and its allies forced some 151,000 civilians to flee their homes in Idlib, a de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria, over the last week, according to sources on the ground. Mohammad Hallaj, director of Syria's Response Coordination...

In the wake of a regime attack on Turkish troops in Syria, Turkey’s president Monday reiterated his vow to ensure safety of Turkish people and Syrians in Idlib. “Turkey has retaliated against this attack as it did previously, and it continues the retaliation,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told...

Four Turkish soldiers were killed Monday by Syrian regime shelling in the northwestern region of Idlib, Turkey's defence ministry said. Nine other soldiers were wounded, including one seriously, the ministry said in a statement, adding that Turkish forces retaliated and "destroyed targets"....

The Turkish military retaliated against an attack by the Assad regime forces, in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, reports said Monday. The military destroyed targets in the area, the ministry said in a statement. Four Turkish soldiers were killed, nine others were injured in...

Air strikes by the regime and its Russian ally on Sunday killed nine civilians in the last major opposition bastion of Idlib in northwestern Syria, a Britain-based war monitor said. Moscow-backed regime forces have upped their deadly bombardment of the jihadist-dominated region in recent...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels killed at least 33 troops from coastal Tartus province in January in the battlefronts of Idlib and Aleppo provinces, activists said. The death toll included Brigadier General and 17 more officers from the main stronghold for Bashar al-Assad's manpower....

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for an end to fighting in northwestern Syria, where hundreds of combatants reportedly died this week as regime forces advanced on a rebel-held town. Syria's Russian-backed forces are advancing on the rebel-held town of Saraqeb amid a...

Syria's government Saturday started rationing subsidised food like rice and sugar with smart cards, a ministry said, in the latest measure to address an economic crisis in the war-torn country. The value of the Syrian pound against the dollar has plummeted on the black market in recent...

Russian and Assad regime warplanes targeted the city of al-Bab controlled by the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) in northern Syria early Sunday, local sources said. The jets targeted the city's Sheikh al-Doshel mosque in the first airstrike since 2017. A video captured by...

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels attacked regime-held positions northeast of Aleppo on Saturday, rebel sources and a war monitor said, opening a new front against Syrian army forces that have made significant advances in nearby Idlib over the last week. The attack was focused on territory...