Syrian regime forces entered a town south of Idlib city Tuesday, in a significant advance for Bashar al-Assad as he seeks to recapture rebel-held territory in the country's northwest, a war monitor and pro-regime media said. Regime forces entered Maarat al-Numan and were combing its...

As many as 39,377 more civilians have fled their homes in Syria’s northwestern Idlib de-escalation zone over the last 24 hours, amid attacks by the regime and its allies. According to Syria's Response Coordination Group, the displaced civilians headed to areas near the Turkish border due to...

U.S. President Donald Trump discussed developments in Syria and Libya in a phone call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan Monday, a White House spokesman said on Twitter. "The two leaders discussed the need to eliminate foreign interference and maintain the ceasefire in Libya. The leaders...

Militants attacked Syria’s Banias refinery near the Mediterranean coast, sending divers to plant explosives on underwater pipelines, Syria’s oil ministry said on Monday. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear, though state media reported that technicians were evaluating the...

A renewed drive by President Bashar al-Assad to recapture rebel-held territory in Syria’s northwest sparked a fresh exodus of many thousands of civilians toward Turkey’s border on Monday amid heavy air strikes, aid workers and witnesses said. Syrian regime forces backed by Russian air power...

Russian and regime forces in Syria carried out new airstrikes in northwestern Idlib de-escalation zone, killing at least five civilians, according to a Syrian civil defense group. The White Helmets civil defense group said the regime airstrikes killed three civilians -- including two in...

The mother of a US journalist missing in Syria since 2012 on Monday appealed to President Donald Trump for help in securing his release, claiming that one or more senior US officials have blocked talks with the Damascus government on the matter. Debra Tice, appearing at a news conference to...

Syrian regime forces were poised Monday to soon enter Maaret al-Numan, a town of symbolic and strategic importance that is deserted after months of bombardment, located in the last opposition bastion. Maaret al-Numan is a strategic prize lying on the M5 highway linking Damascus to Syria's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Turkish authorities have started taking steps to naturalize the families of the National Army fighters who died in Operation Peace Spring that started last October, Turkish third military operation in northern Syria, rebel sources told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. ...

Syrian regime forces reached the outskirts of a key rebel-held town on Sunday, in a move that is part of a weeks-long offensive into the country's last rebel stronghold, state media and opposition activists said. Video from the Associated Press showed warplanes in action near the...

A truck packed with explosives blew up in the city of Azaz in northern Syria Sunday. It was previously reported by the civil defense force that eight people, including children, had been killed. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Turkish-backed Syrian rebels...

Syrian regime forces reached the outskirts of a key rebel-held town on Sunday, part of a weeklong offensive into the country's last rebel stronghold, state media and opposition activists said. Over the past two days, Russian-backed regime troops captured at least six villages near the...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that work was underway to construct homes inside Syria for people fleeing the war-torn country's last rebel-held stronghold. "In an area 30-40 kilometres deep in Syria close to our border, we have planned to build, not a tent city, but...

 A 22-year-old soldier from North Carolina has died in a rollover accident in Syria, the Defense Department said Saturday. Spc. Antonio I. Moore, 22, of Wilmington, died Friday in Deir ez Zor Province, Syria, while conducting route-clearing operations, the department said. The incident...

Syrian regime forces have reached the outskirts of a key city on the edge of the country's last rebel-held stronghold, a monitor and a pro-government newspaper said Sunday. The mainly deserted city of Maaret al-Numan is a strategic prize lying on the M5 linking Damascus to Syria's second...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source said the 14th-January Israeli airstrikes on the T-4 airbase had destroyed munitions and weapons transported by an Iranian cargo plane a few hours before the attack.  The source provided Zaman al-Wasl with satellite images show the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A mother and her two children were killed Saturday in airstrikes on northern Idlib province as the Russian-backed regime forces step up attacks on rebel-held areas in the eastern countryside, activists said. Saturday's strikes targeted an array of villages west of Idlib...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Top Turkish officials have alerted the commanders of Syrian National Army to prepare for a phase where confrontation might be the only option in light of diplomacy reaching a dead end in northwestern Syria, a well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl Friday. The...

A funeral ceremony was held in south Lebanon for a Hezbollah field commander Friday, the Iran-backed group announced. Jaafar al-Sadek Harb was killed on the outskirts of Idlib on Thursday, according to a Hezbollah source. A statement from the group said that "Hezbollah and the...

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Western countries of "bias" and "double standards" with selective aid to Syria's opposition territories. Speaking on Friday at a meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, Lavrov said "key Western capitals" do not want to send...