A 48-hour ceasefire was declared on Wednesday to halt fighting between Syrian insurgents and the army and its Lebanese militant Hezbollah ally in the rebel-held town of Zabadani and two Shi'ite Muslim villages in Idlib province. The United Nations envoy for Syria said last month...

A Syrian military source said on Tuesday the army had retreated to new defensive lines in a region of vital strategic importance to President Bashar al-Assad, seeking to avoid losses at the hands of advancing rebels. The insurgent advance into the Sahl al-Ghab plain in...

Turkish diplomatic sources cited Tuesday a senior Turkish diplomat telling journalists that Turkey and the United States will provide aerial cover and support for Syrian opposition forces that would protect a "safe zone" to be established on the Syrian border. Turkish Foreign Ministry...

The key Islamist group of Ahrar al-Sham, in statement dated on Tuesday, said it supports Turkey's planned buffer zone north of the country, ensuring that Turkish efforts is to save Syria from de facto partition. ِThe Islamic movement said the "Safe Zone" is a popular demand by all Syrians...