Following days of mounting tensions, intense battles erupted when the Turkish military launched a cross-border offensive inside Syria’s northwestern Idlib region. Turkish artillery provided cover fire for a coordinated blitz…
Tensions continue to mount in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region, as regime forces backed by Iranian-proxy militias and Russian air support continue to make rapid advances while the Turkish military is…
Dr. Jonathan Spyer Expert on Syria, Iraq, radical Islamic groups, and Kurds Despite Syrian-Turkish clashes this week, Moscow is set to remain the key arbiter in Syria. This week saw…
Scores of civilians in the Syrian Governate of Idlib have reportedly been killed in a renewed bombing campaign by government forces and its Russian allies on Wednesday (January 15). The…
With diplomacy on an eventual peace accord in Syria stagnating, the deal to "de-escalate" conflict in Idlib signed by Turkey, Russia and Iran in September has been unraveling of late.…
The Syrian army, alongside Iranian-backed militias, have made significant gains in the country’s last rebel-held northwestern region of Idlib in the past forty-eight hours. Syria’s state news agency SANA released…
The 11th round of the Syrian talks in Astana started yesterday, focusing on forming a constitutional committee and discussing the parameters of Syria's constitution, as well as the situation of…
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria announced that he has decided to step down from his post by next month. While claiming his decision was made "purely for personal…
Syria's deputy Foreign Minister announced that Damascus took part in negotiations for the agreement reached between Russia and Turkey, on building a demilitarized zone in the country's northwestern Idlib province.…
Russia and Turkey informed the United Nations that they were still trying to work out details vis-à-vis their plan to avert a major battle in the country's northwestern Idlib province.…