The United States said Monday it was appalled and seeking more information after accounts that pro-Turkish fighters in Syria have summarily executed civilians including a female Kurdish politician. The Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces said that at least nine civilians were...

Mercy Corps said it is suspending operations and evacuating foreign staff from northeast Syria, where fighting has uprooted more than 130,000 people in recent days. The international aid agency, which had been delivering aid to northeast Syria since 2014, said it was providing civilians...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A mother and her boy child have lost their lives in Russian airstrikes hit the Mount Zawiya in northern Idlib province, local activists said Monday. The cluster-bomb attack hit the village of al-Bara south of Idlib city.   Last Wednesday, two civilians were...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled Monday that Turkey aims to drive Kurdish-led fighters from the northern Syrian town of Manbij, after Syrian Kurdish officials struck a deal with the Syrian government to confront Ankara’s offensive. Earlier Monday, Syrian government forces...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Eighth years ago on October 7, the prominent dissident and Kurdish leader Mashaal Tammo was assassinated by pro-Bashar al-Assad’s militants in northeastern Qamishli city. Tammo was born in Derbasiyah, Hasakah in 1957. He received a degree in Agricultural Engineering,...

A total of 550 Kurdish militants have been “neutralized” since the start of Turkey's military operation in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Monday.  Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralized" to imply the 'terrorists' in question surrendered or were...

Syrian troops have begun sweeping into Kurdish-held territory on a collision course with Turkish forces and their allies, a day after the beleaguered Kurds agreed to hand over key cities to Damascus in exchange for protection. The deal, which Kurdish leaders emphasised they had made...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-led international coalition forces began to airlift foreign Daesh prisoners and their families from Hasaka province as the Turkish army backed by opposition forces press advances in northeastern Syria, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Activist Muhannad al-Yousif...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanese General security handed a Syrian refugee to the regime on Friday, human rights advocate said. Lawyer Mohammad Sablouh published on his Facebook page that  Hadi Dhia al-Zuhuri   was tried before the military court for fighting against the regime. He...

More than 700 people with links to Islamic State have escaped from a detention camp in north-east Syria, as the Kurdish-led forces in control of the area reached a deal with the Assad regime to stave off a bloody five-day-old Turkish assault. Kurdish fighters controlling the region...

The Syrian regime army has begun deploying its troops to northern Syria battlefronts to "confront a Turkish aggression" on Syrian territory, state media said Sunday. State media did not say where Syrian army troops were deploying in northern Syria, where a Turkish military offensive with...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed reports that Daesh (ISIS) prisoners in northeastern Syria had escaped as a result of Turkey's offensive in the region, saying they were "disinformation" aimed at provoking the West. The Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria said Sunday that...

France said Sunday it was "worried" after Kurdish authorities reported that hundreds of relatives of foreign jihadists had escaped from a displacement camp in northern Syria, under Turkish assault. "Of course we are worried about what could happen and that is why we want Turkey... to end as...

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...