Idlib
Russia says US strikes in Syria’s Idlib put ceasefire at risk: reports
Middle East
September 1, 2019
Russia says US strikes in Syria’s Idlib put ceasefire at risk: reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s military said the United States had mounted air strikes in Syria’s Idlib without forewarning Moscow or…
Air strikes halt in Syria’s Idlib after truce called
Middle East
August 31, 2019
Air strikes halt in Syria’s Idlib after truce called
Air strikes on Syria’s northwestern Idlib region stopped on Saturday, a war monitor said, after the government agreed to a…
US blacklists Iran oil tanker in Mediterranean
Middle East
August 31, 2019
US blacklists Iran oil tanker in Mediterranean
The United States on Friday blacklisted the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya following repeated warnings over its valuable oil cargo.…
Syrian Kurdish YPG to withdraw from strip along Turkish border
Middle East
August 28, 2019
Syrian Kurdish YPG to withdraw from strip along Turkish border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Kurdish YPG militia will pull forces and heavy weapons from a strip along Syria’s border with…
Syria activists: Strikes kill 4, including woman, her child
Middle East
August 27, 2019
Syria activists: Strikes kill 4, including woman, her child
BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes targeted Syria’s last major rebel stronghold in the northwestern province of Idlib on Monday, killing at…
Syrian army takes towns in northwest that rebels held for years
Middle East
August 24, 2019
Syrian army takes towns in northwest that rebels held for years
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian troops on Friday reclaimed a cluster of towns they had lost early in the eight-year-old war,…
Erdogan tells Putin that Syrian offensive is causing humanitarian crisis
Middle East
August 24, 2019
Erdogan tells Putin that Syrian offensive is causing humanitarian crisis
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday that Syrian army attacks in northwest Syria…
Damascus forces surround Turkish army post: monitor
Middle East
August 23, 2019
Damascus forces surround Turkish army post: monitor
Syrian government forces surrounded a Turkish military observation post in the northwest on Friday after overrunning neighbouring towns, upping the…
Damascus to let civilians flee rebel-held Idlib
Middle East
August 22, 2019
Damascus to let civilians flee rebel-held Idlib
Damascus said Thursday it is opening a corridor for civilians to leave the opposition-held northwestern region of Idlib, where government…
Syrian army opens corridor for people to leave rebel bastion: state media
Middle East
August 22, 2019
Syrian army opens corridor for people to leave rebel bastion: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces opened a corridor on Thursday for people who want to leave insurgent territory in…