Idlib

Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says assault in Idlib province carried out by al-Qaeda affiliate and group made up of members of China’s Uighur Muslim minority BEIRUT, Lebanon — Jihadists killed at least 11 soldiers in northwestern Syria Saturday when they detonated explosives placed in tunnels dug underneath army…

Thousands of fans in Syria's last opposition bastion have packed into a stadium for the frenzied final of a football cup -- an escape valve amid years of conflict and misery. "I'm really happy today," said Mohammed al-Zeer, 28, from the northwestern city of Idlib. "Between the war and the…

BEIRUT - At least three civilians from the same family were killed when Russian warplanes struck the outskirts of the north-west Syrian city of Idlib on Saturday, a war monitor said. Russia has over the years repeatedly struck Syria’s last main opposition bastion, but attacks killing civilians had been limited…

Three family members, all civilians, were killed on Saturday when Russian warplanes struck the outskirts of the northwest Syrian city of Idlib, a war monitor said. Russia has over the years repeatedly struck Syria's last main opposition bastion, but attacks killing civilians had been limited this year until an uptick…

The Syrian military stood ready to open crossings for patients from rebel-held regions to seek medical treatment in government-controlled areas, Syria’s pro-government al-Watan newspaper reported Sunday.    Citing Idlib Governor Thaer Salhab, it reported that the government forces would open the crossings for cancer patients, including children, and other people…

Intense air strikes by Russia, an ally of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, have targeted the rebel-held Idlib region in northwestern Syria since June 20. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), air strikes on June 25 killed at least 13 people, including children, and one attack hit a…

Russian air strikes killed at least 13 people in rebel-held northwest Syria on Sunday, the deadliest attack on the country this year, a war monitor said. At least nine civilians, including two children, were among the dead, with most killed at a fruit and vegetable market in Jisr al-Shugur in…

United Nations aid transited Friday from regime-controlled northwest Syria to rebel-held areas for the first time since a devastating February earthquake, an AFP correspondent and a humanitarian official said. The correspondent saw the 10-truck convoy reach rebel-held Al-Nayrab in Idlib province from the direction of regime-held Saraqib, headed for storage…

SYRIA – FRANCE 24’s jihadism expert Wassim Nasr recently travelled to Idlib, the northwestern Syrian province controlled by the armed Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and a desired target for President Bashar al-Assad and his regime. During his visit, Nasr became the first-ever French journalist to meet with Abou Mohammed al-Joulani…

Syrian medics launched Tuesday the first cholera vaccination campaign in the rebel-held northwest since a deadly outbreak began last year, amid increased fears of contagion after last month's devastating earthquake. Health workers were going door to door to inoculate people in homes and displacement camps in the Idlib region, the…