Syrian regime forces backed by key ally Russia is mobilizing troops to launch a major offensive on Hama and Homs provinces, seeking to fortify the predominantly Alawite Ghab plain, a military source told Zaman Al Wasl on Monday. The source said the regime Army and allied troops from Hezbollah,...

At least 17 people on Monday were killed when Syrian regime warplanes targeted a marketplace in an ISIS-held town near the northern city of Aleppo, activists told Zaman Al Wasl. The deadly aerial campaign on al-Bab town left 17 people killed and dozens wounded, a few days since 120 people had...

Turkey's prime minister condemned dissemination of a video purporting to show a dead Kurdish militant dragged through the streets tied by the neck to an armored police vehicle, images that could further inflame tension in the country's southeast. "It is unacceptable to treat any...

Turkey said Monday its F-16 jets had at the weekend intercepted a Russian fighter plane which violated Turkish air space near the Syrian border, forcing the aircraft to turn back. Turkey summoned the Russian ambassador in Ankara to the foreign ministry and "strongly protested" the violation,...