The intensity of a Russia-backed assault on a former rebel stronghold in Syria using suspected chemical weapons and cluster bombs has been laid bare in a new report. The population of eastern Ghouta, an area on the outskirts of Damascus, endured years under a siege enforced by the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Syrian forces took a village from Islamic State militant group in eastern Deir Ezzor province after heavy clashes Tuesday, local activists said.  The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have seized control of al-Shajlah near the strategic Bagouz area,...

Turkish troop reinforcements entered Syria's rebel bastion of Idlib on Tuesday, an AFP correspondent reported, a week after a deal between Ankara and Moscow averted a government offensive. Around 35 military vehicles travelled south down the main highway near the town of Saraqib after...

In rebel-held northern Syria, displaced children sit or lie on the ground of an unfinished villa, bending over their notebooks to apply themselves as they write the day's lesson. Four teachers instruct around 100 children -- girls and boys aged six to 12 -- at the makeshift school in an...