A Turkish soldier was killed in the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib on Wednesday after an explosion along the M4 highway, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said in a statement. Earlier, Turkey’s private Demiroren news agency had reported that the explosion was caused by a roadside bomb but...

Syrian authorities loosened coronavirus lockdown restrictions Tuesday by cancelling a nighttime curfew, allowing travel between provinces and announcing a reopening of mosques, state media said. The decision comes as the war-torn country grapples with a crippling economic crisis and...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is confronting the biggest challenges to his hold on power since Syrians first rose up against him nine years ago, as a rift within his family, a collapsing economy and rising tensions with his key ally Russia lay bare the fragility of his regime. The rebels...

Food prices in Syria have risen to their highest levels since conflict erupted nine years ago, putting more than half the country’s population at risk of hunger, aid workers and economists have warned. The cost of a representative basket of staple foods has doubled in just over six...