By Burhanettin Duran (The Daily Sabah)- Having launched operation Euphrates Shield on Aug. 24, Turkey not only helped the Free Syrian Army (FSA) liberate Jarablus but also became directly involved in the Syrian civil war. After years of futile negotiations with Turkey's allies over a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 220 rebel fighters to leave  besieged town of Moadamiya near Damascus to northern Idlib province according to deal reached with the Syrian regime last week which seen as a major defeat for the opposition , sources said. The rebels who originally from Daraya...

 Syrian rebels have captured a strategic town in northern Hama province in a major offensive that threatens government loyalist towns populated by minority Christians and Alawites north of the provincial capital, rebels and a monitor said on Tuesday. The town of Halfaya was stormed on...

 Turkey's army chief signaled no let up in a Syria offensive Washington has criticized for targeting U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters as well as jihadists, and said its successes showed last month's failed coup had not dented the military's power. Turkish-backed forces began the offensive...