Defeating jihadists in Idlib is the key to ending Syria's eight-year-old civil war, Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday on his first visit to the embattled northwestern region since 2011. "The battle of Idlib is the basis for resolving chaos and terrorism in all other areas of Syria," Assad's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian officials discussed with Bashar Assad in Damascus the need to de-escalate the situation in , northeast Syria, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, such a statement accompanied with heavy bombardment on northern Idlib province. Rescuing Civil...

Turkey's president on Friday warned that Ankara would restart its Syria offensive by next Tuesday if Kurdish forces do not withdraw from a "safe zone" as EU leaders slammed the terms of a ceasefire deal negotiated by Washington. Following talks with US Vice-President Mike Pence on...

Sporadic clashes between Turkish forces and Kurdish groups were ongoing in a battleground Syrian border town on Friday, a monitor said, despite Ankara's announcement of a five-day truce. "There are sporadic artillery strikes and you can hear shooting in the town of Ras al-Ain," said...