Idlib

For a war that’s supposedly been won, Syria continues to bleed refugees at an alarming rate. Idlib, a city in the country’s northwest, is the final rebel holdout that keeps Bashar al-Assad—and his Russian backers—from complete victory in his country’s nine-year civil war. While the West has largely disengaged from…

By Ezgi ErkoyunISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Greece on Sunday to "open your gates" to refugees trying to enter the European Union from Turkey and said he hoped to win more help from the EU at talks on Monday.Tens of thousands of migrants have been trying to…

KARAAGAC, Turkey (Reuters) - Syrians camped on Turkey’s border with Greece believe their hopes of finding sanctuary in the European Union are being undermined by the thousands of other migrants at the frontier who have relatively safe homelands. Migrant children are seen near Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing with Greece's Kastanies,…

Published on Mar 6, 2020A ceasefire appears to be holding for now in the Syrian province of Idlib, with monitors reporting that no warplanes have been flying - for the first time in weeks. Idlib is the last part of Syria still held by rebels, after 9 years of civil…

(MOSCOW) — The presidents of Russia and Turkey said they reached agreements on a cease-fire to take effect at midnight Thursday in northwestern Syria, where escalating fighting had threatened to put forces from the two countries into a direct military conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2020. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERSMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had agreed a deal with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at talks in Moscow that he hoped…

Turkey has vowed to seek justice for a migrant it says was killed on the border with Greece after Greek authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades to push back dozens of people attempting to cross over. Greece had denied that anyone was killed in the clashes.Thousands of migrants have…

(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…