Turkey plans to push Syrian regime forces away from its military observation posts in northwest Syria's Idlib region this week, President Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, despite continued advances by Damascus's Russian-backed military. Nearly a million Syrians have been displaced in the last...

Syrian regime forces bombed civilian targets in the northwestern Idlib province Wednesday, pushing ahead with a fierce military campaign that has sent nearly a million people fleeing from their homes and killed hundreds over the past three months. Backed by Russian air power, Bashar...

Calm returned Tuesday after a two-day flare-up in and around Gaza as a truce between Israel and Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad appeared to take hold after initial jitters. The Israeli military reported no rocket fire from the territory during the morning and AFP correspondents in...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Opposition activists said the circumstances behind the return of the famed torture victim Mazen Al-Hamada from  Netherlands  to Damascus is complicated due to the financial and psychological pressures and the forgiveness vows by the Syrian regime....