A senior Syrian Kurdish official says the creation of a so-called "safe zone" in northeastern Syria is off to good start, with U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces pulling back from an initial part of the border with Turkey. But she says calm can only prevail if Turkey also removes its troops....

The value of the Syrian pound against the dollar has fallen sharply to its lowest rate in history, an economic publication said Tuesday. On the black market on Tuesday, the pound was trading at 650 against the dollar (715 to the euro). It's "the lowest in history", Jihad...

Explosions heard on Tuesday in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia were a result of anti-aircraft defenses intercepting drones launched toward Hmeimim air base, Syrian state TV and the state news agency (SANA) reported. State media said militants had launched the drones toward the air base...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that a de-escalation zone in Syria's embattled Idlib region is slowly disappearing and is currently nothing more than a name. Speaking in Ankara, Erdogan also said it was not possible to stay silent ono military attacks on Idlib town and...