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This picture taken on February 3, 2020 shows smoke plumes billowing in the Syrian village of al-Nayrab, about 14 kilometres southeast of the city of Idlib in the northwestern Idlib province, during bombardment by Syrian government forces and its allies. Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP

February 4th, 2020 - 07:12 GMT

Idlib Attack Kills 3 Turkish Soldiers, 3 Civilians

U.K. Foreign Office minister Andrew Morrison on Monday denounced an attack on Syria’s Idlib province by forces of the Bashar al-Assad regime in which five Turkish soldiers and three civilians were martyred. “I condemn the Assad regime’s attacks in Idlib today and the unacceptable loss of life of Syrian civilians and Turkish soldiers,” Morrison said on Twitter. He called on the Assad regime and its backer Russia “to adhere to ...

'Friends of Syria' met with leaders of the mainstream opposition to President Bashar al-Assad ahead of peace talks due later this month. [AFP]

January 12th, 2014 - 05:00 GMT

Friends of Syria: no future for Assad

Rebel fighters man a checkpoint close to Jabal al-Zawiyaa in Idlib province on January 6, 2014. [AFP]

January 11th, 2014 - 02:26 GMT

NGO: Syria jihadists kill five rebels in bombing

The U.S. is reconsidering sending nonlethal aid to the Syrian opposition, now that some Islamist rebels are proving to be more moderate, according to a recent New York Times article. (AFP/File)

January 10th, 2014 - 08:55 GMT

U.S. may resume supply of nonlethal aid to Syrian rebels

Regime forces have enforced a siege in Homs' Old City for over a year and much of the city has been destroyed in clashes between loyalist troops and rebels. Reports of energy and food shortages in the central Syrian city are rife. (AFP/File)

January 10th, 2014 - 07:11 GMT

Syria: 45 rebels dead in fierce Homs clashes

Will the U.S. train elite Iraqi forces in Jordan? (AFP/File)

January 10th, 2014 - 06:42 GMT

Officials: U.S. considering training Iraqi troops to fight Al Qaeda

Mourners carry the body of a comrade killed during battles with members of the al-Qaeda-linked group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in the northern city of Aleppo, on January 8, 2014.

January 8th, 2014 - 07:04 GMT

NGO: 'Hardly any' Qaeda fighters left in Aleppo

US, EU and Arab officials meeting in Rome as the Friends of Syria Group [AFP]

January 8th, 2014 - 11:38 GMT

Friends of Syria to hold talks in Paris with opposition

Rebel fighters, one holding a weapon, walk in a street on January 7, 2014 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. [AFP]

January 8th, 2014 - 10:47 GMT

Syria: jihadist group ISIL’s Aleppo HQ falls to rebels

An image grab taken from a video released on January 4, 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'s al-Furqan Media allegedly shows ISIL fighters marching at an undisclosed location. [AFP]

January 8th, 2014 - 08:02 GMT

Al Qaeda's ISIL threatens to 'crush' Syria opposition as fighting continues

Ahmad Jarba was recently re-elected to lead the Syrian opposition National Coalition this month (File Archive/AFP)

January 8th, 2014 - 07:13 GMT

Syrian opposition still undecided on attending Swiss peace talks

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal speaks to reporters during a visit to Pakistan on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2014. [AFP]

January 7th, 2014 - 05:39 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Syria Coalition the only legitimate umbrella of opposition

A handout picture taken on January 5, 2014, and released by Norwegian Armed Forces, the Danish support vessel L17 "Esbern Snare" [AFP]

January 7th, 2014 - 04:58 GMT

First shipment of chemical weapons leaves Syria