Russia on Friday advised its citizens in Syria to leave the country, as local sources said earlier that anti-regime armed groups have reached the Homs city center.  A statement from the Russian Embassy in Damascus on Telegram said that it reminded its citizens of the possibility of leaving...

Lebanon on Friday closed major border crossings with Syria indefinitely, following Israeli forces' overnight airstrikes.  Lebanon has decided to close most border crossings with Syria, particularly in the north, in response to repeated Israeli airstrikes, the country's official National...

The Islamist-led rebels were at the gates of Syria's Homs, a war monitor said, after wresting other key cities from government control. In little over a week, the offensive has seen Syria's second city Aleppo and strategically located Hama fall from President Bashar al-Assad's control for...

The Military Operations Room took control of the center of Hama city on Thursday after earlier invading the neighborhoods of Al-Mazarib, Al-Sina'a, and Al-Arba'een.  It also took control of the headquarters of the 66th Brigade of the regime army southwest of the province, and seized air...

A monitor of Syria’s war said Syrian opposition groups were just five kilometers (three miles) from third city Homs on Friday, after controlling two strategic towns on the road linking it to Hama. “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions have reached five kilometers from the...

Syrian opposition chief Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, head of the “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” group, sent an official message Thursday using his real name for the first time, after his fighters seized the strategic city of Hama. “We congratulate the people of Hama for their victory,” said the message,...

- The Syrian opposition controls the areas of Jabal Zein Al-Abidin and Qamhana, hours after controlling the city of Hama, amid low morale among the Syrian army and its auxiliary forces, who have begun to withdraw or flee: Field commander   - Opposition forces take control of Hama's...

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, told the International Crisis Group that Aleppo will be administered by a transitional body, stressing that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is considering dissolving itself to enable the consolidation of civilian and military structures,...

Armed opposition groups said on Thursday they had started pushing into Syria’s Hama, a major city where pro-government forces backed by intense Russian airstrikes are trying to stave off a new victory and halt the opposition’s lightning advance. Opposition commander Hassan Abdul Ghany...

 Syrian opposition forces enter Hama city amid reports of the withdrawal of Syrian army forces, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The HTS-led opposition forces seized also the strategic Jabal Zein al-Abidin area in Hama countryside.

Regime and Russian warplanes bombed the Al-Jazmati neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo, leaving civilian casualties, including women and children, the Syrian Civil Defense organization said on Wednesday. The rescue agency teams continue to search for the bodies of victims of...

A Syrian war monitor said Wednesday that regime forces have launched a counteroffensive near Hama, pushing back against armed opposition groups seeking to advance on the key central city. Hama was a bastion of opposition to the regime of Bashar al-Assad early in the country’s civil war,...

Amid a new push by forces opposed to the regime, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime is detaining people age 15-47 in the Eastern Ghouta region of Damascus, citing their potential ability to bear arms. According to information obtained by Anadolu correspondents from sources on the ground, the...

The Syrian opposition factions seized the 87th Brigade, an important stronghold of the regime forces and Iranian-backed militias near the city of Hama, central Syria, after violent battles that resulted in deaths, injuries, and the destruction of heavy machinery. The military operations...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Tuesday that Turkey’s priority was keeping calm borders and that Syria's government needs to engage in a real political process to de-escalate events in its north. “Erdogan stated that Turkey, in accordance...

The US military conducted what it says were self-defense strikes in Syria’s Deir Ezzor, US officials said Tuesday, adding that they were not related to ongoing clashes in northeastern Syria. Washington has so far distanced itself from the offensive launched against Syrian government-held...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the renewed outbreak of conflict in Syria with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone, Erdogan’s office said in a post on X on Tuesday. Erdogan and Putin spoke as Syrian opposition fighters advancing against government forces pushed close...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents of Al-Aziziyah neighborhood in Aleppo city decorate the Christmas tree amidst a state of relative calm and stability, reflected by the treatment of the armed factions, which have confirmed since entering the northern city, with its sectarian and ethnic diversity,...

The Syrian army and allied forces confronted an attack launched by forces affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces alliance on villages in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor province on Tuesday, state news agency (SANA) reported. The SDF is a Kurdish-led alliance in north and east...

Armed opposition forces battled army troops on Tuesday as they advanced toward the city of Hama in central Syria, a war monitor said. “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS) and its allies fought some of the “most violent” clashes with troops in the area since launching a lightning offensive last...