Syrian regime forces were poised Friday to retake the rebel-held town of Saraqeb in the country's northwest where battles this week killed more than 400 combatants, a monitor said. Russian-backed regime forces have advanced with a double-pronged push in the Idlib region, home to...

Canada's top diplomat has gotten a nod from his Chinese counterpart to bring home nearly 200 Canadians from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic, his office said Friday. In a rare telephone call with Foreign Minister Wang Yi Thursday night, Canada's Foreign Minister...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 87 civilians have been killed since the start of the Russian-Turkish ceasefire agreement on January 12 in northwestern Idlib province, a monitoring group said on Friday. The death toll included 33 children and 11 women, according to the Syrian Network for Human...

Turkey may launch a military operation into Syria's northwestern Idlib province if the situation is not resolved immediately, President Tayyip Erdogan said Friday as attacks by Russia-backed Syrian regime forces risked a new wave of refugees. Bashar al-Assad's forces, backed by Russian...