Turkish Armed Forces on Sunday took control of 11 PYD positions and created safe zones during Operation Olive Branch in Syria's northwestern Afrin region. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent on the field, Turkish army backed by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) captured Afrin’s...

Syria's main opposition group said it will send a delegation Monday to regime ally Russia to discuss with officials Moscow's "real stance" on the Syrian political process. The visit by the Syrian Negotiations Commission (SNC) comes as Moscow gets set to host peace talks in the Black Sea...

The United Nations Security Council will hold talks about the situation in Syria on Monday, French Foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on his Twitter feed on Sunday. He added that France would press for humanitarian access. Le Drian said earlier on Sunday that France had called...

Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch in northwestern Afrin region of Syria only targets terror groups and not Kurds, Arabs or Turkmen, Turkish deputy minister said on Sunday. Speaking to the foreign journalists in Istanbul, Bekir Bozdag said PKK, YPG, KCK and PYD terrorists turned the region...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least three civilians were killed and dozen more wounded in regime airstrikes on the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, Civil Defense rescuing group said on Sunday. 3 civilians killed and many wounded after 2 warplanes raids targeted residential...

Turkish jets destroyed 45 more targets of PYD/PKK as part of Operation Olive Branch in Syria's Afrin region on Sunday, Turkish General Staff said in a statement. The statement said destroyed targets included shelters, ammunition depots and weapon emplacements belonging to the terrorist...

France on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council over Syria following the launch of Turkey's Operation Olive Branch in Syria's Afrin, French Foreign Ministry announced in a statement. "Ghouta, Idlib, Afrin - France asks for an urgent meeting of the...

Turkish ground forces have started to move into Syria’s Afrin with Free Syrian Army, according to information collected by Anadolu Agency correspondents in the region Sunday. Turkish Armed Forces backed by armored vehicles, special forces and infantry regiments advanced 5 kilometers (3...

The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Turkish troops tried to cross the countries' border into the Afrin region on Sunday but were forced back. Birusk Hasaka, the YPG spokesman in Afrin, said Turkish forces were repulsed after fierce clashes with Syrian rebel factions. Another YPG...

Turkish troops cross into Syria's Kurdish-held Afrin region: PM

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the Syrian conflict in a telephone call, in particular ways to bring stability to the country's north, the Russian foreign ministry said Sunday. They discussed tackling the Syrian crisis under the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Dozens of families in the city of Harasta have been living in shelters for 26 days to escape regime forces and Russian ally constant bombing of the city by the Syrian regime and its Russian ally. The children are without education and all schools have stopped functioning...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Former commander of the Eastern Front said the key FSA unit that operating near the Iraqi border has not been invited by the U.S. to join the Kurdish-led Border Force. Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed al-Aboud told Zaman al-Wasl that despite the reports of depending on the...

Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday sent a note to Syria's Consulate in Istanbul about military operation in Afrin region, according to a diplomatic official. The official, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on talking to the media, said the note was sent by Turkish Foreign...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 5 civilians killed Saturday in deadly airstrikes on besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs, Civil Defense agency said. The leading rescuing group said 4 people have been killed in Hamouriyah suburb as the aerial and ground bombing extended to Douma and Harasta suburbs...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and allied rebel groups recaptured two villages from the regime army as heavy clashes are still underway near Abu Duhur airport in the northern province of Idlib, commander said on Saturday. Khattab Abu Omar, field commander in Tahrir al-Sham, told...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS militants took a district in southern Damascus suburbs after fierce clashes with Jaish al-Islam rebel group, military source told Zaman al-Wasl on Saturday. Daesh launched major attack last week to capture al-Zain Neighborhood which lies between the neighborhood of...

Turkey launched a new air and ground operation Saturday to oust Kurdish militia from a northern Syrian enclave, defying US warnings that the action risked destabilising the area. Turkey had in recent days sent dozens of military vehicles to the border area and readied pro-Ankara Syria...

Russian-led peace talks on Syria will be held Jan. 30 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia's chief negotiator Aleksandr Lavrentyev said Saturday. Russia, a steadfast supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is set to co-host the summit with regime ally Iran and rebel backer...

Around 500 Syrian fighters graduated on Saturday from a U.S.-led training course aimed at establishing a controversial "border security force" in the country's north. Last week, the U.S.-led coalition battling Daesh (ISIS) announced it had begun forming a 30,000-strong security force to...