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Syria army overruns Idlib crossroads town
AFP, Published on 08/02/2020
» DAMASCUS - The Syrian army took control of a strategic northwestern crossroads town on Saturday, its latest gain in a weeks-long offensive against the country's last major rebel bastion of Idlib.
33 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria's Idlib
AFP, Published on 28/02/2020
» ANKARA - At least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in Syria's Idlib province after an air strike blamed on Damascus, prompting condemnation from Washington and a UN warning on the rapidly-rising risk of escalation.
Russian air strikes batter Syria's Idlib: monitor
AFP, Published on 04/09/2018
» BEIRUT: Russian warplanes battered Syria's rebel-controlled Idlib on Tuesday for the first time in three weeks, a war monitor said, as expectations mount of a government offensive in the northwestern province.
Erdogan warns of 'massacre' in Syria's Idlib
AFP, Published on 05/09/2018
» ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that dropping bombs and missiles on Syria's last rebel-held province of Idlib could cause a "massacre," in remarks published Wednesday.
'STOP!' bombing, killing in Syria's Idlib: Trump
AFP, Published on 03/06/2019
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Sunday told Syria and Russia to stop "bombing the hell" out of Syria's last jihadist stronghold Idlib.
Rare calm in Syria's Idlib after ceasefire deal
AFP, Published on 06/03/2020
» BEIRUT - Syria's war-ravaged northwest woke up to relative calm Friday, its skies free of warplanes for the first day in months, following a Russian-Turkish ceasefire deal.
Rare calm in Syria's Idlib after ceasefire deal
AFP, Published on 06/03/2020
» IDLIB (SYRIA) - Syria's war-ravaged northwest woke up to relative calm Friday, its skies free of warplanes for the first day in months, following a Russian-Turkish ceasefire deal.
Calls mount to avert 'massacre' in Syria's Idlib
AFP, Published on 05/09/2018
» BEIRUT - International calls mounted Wednesday to avoid a "massacre" by regime forces in Syria's last rebel-held province of Idlib, two days before a summit between key powers backing the government and opposition.
Hundreds flee, fearing assault on Syria's Idlib: monitor
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» BEIRUT - Hundreds of civilians have fled villages near the front line in Syria's Idlib province fearing an imminent regime assault on the country's last major rebel bastion, a monitor said Thursday.
Russia, Iran, Turkey meet on Syria's Idlib province
AFP, Published on 07/09/2018
» TEHRAN - The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey held talks in Tehran on Friday, set to determine the future of Idlib province amid growing fears of a humanitarian disaster in Syria's last major rebel bastion.