U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1,000 troops from northern Syria, as the number of people fleeing a Turkish assault soared to 130,000. "I spoke with the president last night after discussions with the rest of the...

Two civilians on Sunday were killed in a YPG/PKK terror attack in Syria's Jarablus district, a source said. The terrorists targeted a vehicle carrying civilians, including women and children, in the area of Operation Euphrates Shield. YPG/PKK terrorists fired the U.S.-made TOW missile...

Turkey's deadly assault on Kurdish positions in northeastern Syria has forced 130,000 people to flee their homes, the UN said Sunday, adding it was preparing for that figure to more than triple. "We have moved into a planning scenario where up to 400,000 people could be displaced within and...

Turkish forces targeted areas around two Syrian border towns with fresh shelling on Sunday, pressing on with their offensive against Kurdish militia for a fifth day in the face of fierce international opposition. Turkey is facing threats of possible sanctions from the United States unless...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fighters from the Syrian National Army have "executed" nine civilians near the town of Tal Abyad in northeastern Syria, a monitor said Saturday. "The nine civilians were executed ... in the south of the town of Tal Abyad," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said....

Arab foreign ministers on Saturday condemned Turkey's "aggression" in Syria where it is pressing an offensive against Kurdish forces, calling for an immediate withdrawal of Ankara's troops. The statement came after an emergency session of the Arab League in Cairo called for by Egypt to...

Thousands of people, some shouting "Erdogan terrorist", took to the streets of Paris and other European cities on Saturday in protest at the Turkish assault on Kurds in Syria. Protesters marching under the Kurdish green, red and yellow flag waved placards reading "Trump = serial killer" or...

Germany is halting sales of weapons to Turkey that could be used in its operation against Kurdish militias in northern Syria, its defense minister was quoted as saying Saturday. "In the context of the Turkish military offensive in northeastern Syria, the government will not issue any new...

Writhing in pain on a hospital stretcher, Fatima al-Issa bit on a purple handkerchief as a medical team tended to wounds she suffered in Turkish bombardment of northeast Syria. They rubbed ointment into burns around her swollen left eye after the 45-year-old was hit by shrapnel from Turkish...

Turkey's Defense Ministry on Saturday said that Ras al-Ayn neighborhood located east of Euphrates in Syria was taken under control in the scope of Operation Peace Spring. "As part of the successful operations being conducted in the framework of Operation Peace Spring, the town of Ras...

A civilian died in southeastern Turkey on Saturday from wounds caused by a cross-border mortar attack. Ismail Taskin breathed his last at the Suruc State Hospital in Sanliurfa province. Two other civilians were martyred in the same attack on Friday when YPG/PKK terrorists targeted a...

Kurdish doctor Farid Mustafa was one of the last to flee Ras al-Ain as Turkish bombs rained down on the Syrian border town. He fears may never return home. He escaped on Thursday night with his wife and two small children as warplanes flew in the sky above a line of cars trying to get away...

Turkish forces stepped up their bombardment around a town in northeast Syria on Saturday, the fourth day of an offensive against a Kurdish militia, after U.S. troops in the region came under artillery fire from Turkish positions. The United States has ramped up its efforts to persuade...

The death toll among Syrian Kurdish-led fighters battling a Turkish offensive has risen to 74, most of whom have been killed in the Tel Abyad area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. Observatory Director Rami Abdulrahman also said 49 fighters with Turkish backed...

Some 100,000 people have left their homes in northeastern Syria with a growing number sheltering in shelters and schools following this week's Turkish military incursion in the region, the United Nations said on Friday. "The humanitarian impact is already being felt. An estimated...

Five detained members of Daesh (ISIS) managed to escape from a Kurdish-run prison in northeastern Syria on Friday after Turkish shelling hit the area, an official said. "Five terrorists escaped from Navkur after shelling struck near the prison," said an official from the Syrian Democratic...

The death toll of civilians and fighters further increased on the third day of the Turkish offensive towards the Kurds in Syria. A car bomb went off in the city of Qamishli, and on the Turkish side of the border civilians were killed in a mortar attack, according to several media. A car...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian security services arrested at least 24 people, including 12 women, in the capital and Eastern Ghouta suburbs during the last week, local activists said. Activist Bara’a Mohamed told Zaman al-Wasl that 12 women from the capital and its suburbs were arrested...

Turkey's assault on Syrian Kurdish forces has not breached a red line declared by President Donald Trump, a US official said Thursday, as he added that Washington wanted to broker a ceasefire. Trump, in a week of mixed messages, initially voiced understanding for Turkey before...

Syria's deputy foreign minister Faisal Maqdad attacked U.S.-backed Kurdish-led SDF forces Thursday, saying they had betrayed their country and accusing them of a separatist agenda that gave Turkey a pretext to violate his country's sovereignty. Asked about whether Damascus should resume...