Syria

Pentagon says the United States was not involved and declined to provide further details

Turkey has intensified negotiations with Russia to avert a possible attack

Israel’s air force continues to strike scores of targets it describes as Iranian deployments

Voting began across government-controlled parts of Syria on Sunday

Russia and Turkey are on opposite sides of the conflict, but key global allies

Trump's strategy failing to move the needle on the battlefield

The 2010 self-immolation of a street vendor started a series of revolutions across the Middle East

That marks a hike of nearly 10,000 people from the figure provided

Ankara an implacable foe of Assad throughout the seven-year Syrian conflict repeatedly call for his ouster

UN agencies warn that any major assault on Idlib could spark one of the worst humanitarian disasters of Syria's war

Russian defence ministry says film crews from several Middle Eastern TV channels have arrived for the shoot in Idlib

Erdogan has called for a ceasefire in the northwestern province of Idlib

An SDF commander says the assault, relying on artillery and US-led coalition air strikes, has killed 15 fighters

Foreign terrorists face a fight to the last hold onto Idlib

Syria is set to revive railway construction after seven years of war

Syria's last major militant bastion Idlib was Saturday targeted by "most violent" Russian air strikes in a month

A top US envoy says there is evidence that chemical weapons were being prepared by Syrian government forces in Idlib

Russian leader also urges Iran and Turkey to ramp up their coordination with Russia

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Russian air strikes killed two people in Syria's Idlib Friday

Leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey are scheduled to discuss the looming military assault on Idlib

The White House warns that US and its allies would respond if Syrian forces used chemical weapons

Hundreds of civilians flee to the province as government forces and allies prepare for major confrontation

The general pledged to downscale the French troops in the territory

Civilians are putting their faith in neighboring Turkey’s diplomacy to spare them from military action

Syrian regime troops have for weeks been massing on the edges of the province

Jim Mattis rebuffs suggestions that US may facilitate a chemical attack

Russian Minister had said earlier that any Russian military action in Syria was to minimise civilian casualties

Damascus resumed heavy air strikes on Tuesday to recover Idlib and adjacent areas of the northwest

The warning came as Iran's FM met with Bashar al-Assad in a surprise visit to Damascus

Three presidents will consider further joint efforts to ensure long-term normalisation in war-torn Syria

Israel has sought to avoid direct involvement but acknowledges carrying out dozens of air strikes in Syria

Signs an agreement for defence cooperation between the two countries

State media maintains that explosions occurred at the munitions camp due an electrical problem

State media cited explosion at ammunition dump as cause but an official in region said they were from Israeli strikes

US officials claim that an assault on Idlib could lead to many casualties

Russian Foreign Minister says the Syrian government has every right to chase militants out of Idlib

HTS swore allegiance to al Qaeda in 2013 before splitting with the global militant syndicate in July 2016

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is believed to be considering an assault on the northern Idlib

The Israel Defence Forces will continue to take strong action against Iran's attempts to station forces in Syria

The delegation has held meeting for hours with Ali Mamluk, the head of Syria's security services

Some 650,000 Syrian refugees have registered with United Nations in Jordan since fleeing their country's conflict

Chemical attack to be used as a pretext for US, UK and French airstrikes on Syrian targets, Russian MOD claims

US National Security Adviser John Bolton says that Iran should remove its forces from Syria

'Sea Prayer' will hit shelves on August 30

The group of mostly women and children were abducted by IS during a massive July 25 assault

Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has been tasked with setting up a committee to write new constitution for country

Syrian artists set out to translate suffering into art in a neighbourhood ravaged by years of bombardment and siege

China is worried that many Uighurs have gone to fight with militant groups in the war-torn middle eastern country

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria