Damascus aims to secure Syria's border with Turkey and recapture the city of Aleppo with its latest military offensive, a top adviser to Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday. In an interview in her Damascus office, Bouthaina Shaaban held out little hope for diplomatic efforts to end...

 Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The rapid advances of Syrian regime forces and allied militias in northern Aleppo province have sparked fears of the United Nations and Turkey of an imminent siege and new exodus of refugees fleeing a Russian-backed assault. The U.N....

Fifteen civilians were killed and another 17 injured on Tuesday when Russian warplanes struck a handful of opposition-held villages in Syria’s Idlib province, local Civil Defense sources told Anadolu Agency. According to the sources, Russian warplanes targeted residential areas in four...

Hundreds of thousands of civilians could be cut off from food if Syrian government forces encircle rebel-held parts of Aleppo, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning of a massive new flight of refugees from a Russian-backed assault. Syrian government forces, backed by...