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(BEIRUT) — An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwestern Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were taking shelter early Thursday, killing at least 15 people including children and wounding several others, opposition activists said. The activists blamed Russian warplanes for the strike on Maaret Musreen village,…

Maaret Misrin (Syria) (AFP) - Russian air strikes Thursday killed at least 15 civilians including a child in the last major opposition bastion of Idlib in northwestern Syria, a Britain-based war monitor said.The strikes after midnight targeted an area where displaced Syrians had gathered outside the town of Maaret Misrin…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) has made himself a central player in the Syrian crisis President Recep Tayip Erdogan of Turkey needs to extricate himself from a difficult situation in Syria so he heads for the one capital that matters, not Washington but Moscow. How…

MOSCOW/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Russia is racing to reinforce its troops in Syria by sea and air before talks between the Russian and Turkish leaders in Moscow on Thursday, flight data and shipping movements show. FILE PHOTO: The Russian Navy's large landing ship Orsk sets sail in the Bosphorus, on its…

world Three-year-old Salwa's dad was praised for trying to protect his daughter from the trauma of war. The family has now found a new home outside of Syria. Posted on March 4, 2020, at 7:23 a.m. ET Ghaith Alsayed / AP Abdullah Mohammed and his daughter, three-year-old Salwa. A 3-year-old…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - By opening Turkey’s borders to Europe to potentially millions of migrants, President Tayyip Erdogan risks alienating the same Western partners whose support he counts on to host refugees in Turkey and prevent a further influx from Syria. FILE PHOTO: A group of migrants walk through the Turkish-Greek…

Fighting in Syria is heating up again between Syrian government forces, backed by Russia, and NATO member Turkey and the fighters it backs.The US needs to tread carefully, lest an alliance with Turkey drags it into a wider conflict it have absolutely no interest in, argues Defense Priorities fellow Willis…

Opinion bannerBusiness InsiderTurkish-backed Syrian fighters fire a howitzer near the village of Neirab, in Idlib province, Syria, February 24, 2020.Associated PressFighting in Syria is heating up again between Syrian government forces, backed by Russia, and NATO member Turkey and the fighters it backs.The US needs to tread carefully, lest an…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A war of words between Ankara and Athens over the migrant crisis escalated on Tuesday when Turkey’s foreign minister said without providing evidence that Greek soldiers had killed three migrants attempting to enter the country, a claim denied by Greece. FILE PHOTO: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu…

(KASTANIES, Greece) — Thousands of migrants and refugees massed at Turkey’s western frontier Sunday, trying to enter Greece by land and sea after Turkey said its borders were open to those hoping to head to Europe. In Syria, Turkish troops shot down two Syrian warplanes after the Syrian military downed…