A deadline passed Monday without militants leaving a planned buffer zone around Syria's last major rebel bastion of Idlib as set out under a Russian-Turkish deal. The radical fighters were supposed to withdraw from the buffer as a final condition to implementing a Russian-Turkish deal...

A Russian-Turkish deal to set up a buffer zone around Syria's last major rebel bastion hung by a thread Sunday, as jihadists showed no sign of withdrawing hours before a deadline. The accord also provides for the clearance of heavy weapons from a U-shaped zone around the northwestern...

The border crossing between Jordan and Syria will reopen on Monday after being closed for years, a Jordanian government spokeswoman and Syrian state television said Sunday after weeks of talks. "This was a crucial artery of trade between Jordan and Syria and transit to other countries,"...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The story of Factory 793 for  small and light weapons  is evidently very telling of the Syrian regime’s failure to acquire the minimum scientific sophistication and progress like its supporters claim it does.  A well-informed source attributed this to...