Posts Tagged: Syrian government forces
Clashes in Strategic North Syrian Town After Turkish Strikes
Syrian government forces battled to recapture a strategic rebel-held town in Idlib province on Monday and a Turkish official said Ankara would continue to strike...
Turkey Will Drive Syrian Forces Back From Idlib Posts This Week, Erdogan Says
Turkey plans to push Syrian government forces away from its military observation posts in northwest Syria's Idlib region this week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said...
Turkey Will Hit Syrian Government Forces Anywhere if Troops Hurt: Erdogan
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey's military would strike Russian-backed Syrian forces by air or ground anywhere in Syria if another Turkish...
Syrian Government Forces Recapture 600 Square Km of Territory in Idlib Campaign
Syrian government forces have recaptured more than 600 square kilometers of territory so far in a campaign to seize control of the last rebel strongholds...
Turkey Ready to Act After Reinforcing Syria’s Idlib: Official
Turkey has sent major reinforcements to Syria's northwestern Idlib region and "all options are on the table," a senior official said on Sunday, as Ankara...
Syria’s Warring Sides Face Off in Town East of Idlib City
Syrian government forces battled rebels and weathered Turkish artillery barrages on Thursday as they tried to seize Saraqeb town in northwestern Idlib province in a...
Syrian Government Gains Ground From Rebels in Northwest
Syrian government forces seized territory from insurgents in northwestern Syria on Thursday, state media and a war monitor said, building on advances since the military...
Trump Calls on Russia, Syria to Stop Bombing Idlib Province
US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Russia and Syrian government forces to stop bombing Syria's Idlib province, following a Friday Kremlin statement that signaled...
Idlib Government Chief Urges Defense Against Assad Attack
Russian-backed Syrian government forces will be able to advance all the way to the Turkish border if they pierce rebel defenses in the northwest, a...
Syrian Government Forces Shell Rebel-Held Northwest, Kill 12
Syrian government shelling killed at least a dozen people in the rebel-held northwest on Thursday, rescue workers said, as Damascus said its patience was running...
Syrian Government Forces, Rebels Clash In Northwest
Syrian government forces clashed with rebels in Hama province on Friday in some of the heaviest fighting in the northwest for a year, the Syrian...
UN War Crimes Team Documents Further Syrian Government Use of Banned Chlorine
Syrian government forces fired chlorine, a banned chemical weapon, on a rebel-held Damascus suburb and on Idlib province this year, in attacks that constitute war...
Envoy: US Has Seen Evidence of Syria Preparing Chemical Weapons in Idlib
There is "lots of evidence" that chemical weapons are being prepared by Syrian government forces in Idlib in northwest Syria, the new US adviser for...
Militants Must be ‘Cleaned Out’ of Syria’s Idlib, Iran Says
Iran called on Monday for militants to be "cleaned out" of Syria's Idlib province, as it prepared for talks with Syria and Russia about confronting...
