US Under Secretary of State John Bass is set to visit Ankara on Jan. 9 - 10 for discussions with senior Turkish officials on the situation in Syria and broader regional stability, the State Department announced Wednesday. Bass will emphasize the importance of a “peaceful, inclusive,...

Fighters in southern Syria who helped topple President Bashar al-Assad are reluctant to disarm and disband as ordered by the country’s new rulers, their spokesman told AFP. An opposition forces offensive ripped through Syria from the north and into Damascus on December 8, bringing to a...

The Syrian Civil Defense announced on Tuesday that two civilians were killed and another was seriously injured as a result of a landmine explosion left behind by the Assad regime in the town of Talhiyah in the eastern Idlib countryside, northwest Syria. In a separate incident, the White...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that the damage caused by the "13-year massacre policy in Syria" exceeds $500 billion. He added, in a speech at an event at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara, that the Turkish teams visiting Syria indicate that the...