Fearing conscription into Assad’s army, Syrian Kurds flee to Iraq
Syrian Kurdish men in Iraq say they fled not only Turkey's military offensive but the possibility of conscription into Assad's army
Russian troops enter Syria’s Raqqa, filling void of withdrawing US forces
The Russian military moved into ISIS's former capital at Raqqa in northeast Syria following an agreement with the SDF
Esper says US pullback from parts of northeast Syria complete
The US has completed a pullback of forces from contested areas of northeast Syria, Defense Secretary Esper told Reuters on Wednesday
Erdogan threatens to block NATO’s Baltic defense plan
Turkey will block a NATO plan to defend Baltic countries if it doesn't label a Kurd-led militia in Syria as terrorists, President Erdogan said
Mortar fire kills 2 Turkish soldiers in Akcakale on Syria border
Two Turkish soldiers died when a mortar hit their post in Akcakale on the Syrian border, the defense ministry said
Contempt and violence spiral in al-Hol camp, where ISIS women dread regime’s return
With winter approaching and tensions in Syria's al-Hol camp at a boiling point, some ISIS-affiliated women said they intend to escape
US deployment to Syria’s oilfields won’t halt further Turkish attacks, Kurdish official says
US forces guarding northeast Syria's oilfields will not prevent an expansion of Turkey’s incursion, TEV-DEM official Aldar Xelil said
Tel Tamer’s hectic hospital belies northern Syria ceasefire
Near the front line town of Tel Tamer, Syrian rebels backed by Turkish airpower and artillery capture a new village nearly every day
“The sky is against us” – Syrian Christian fighters struggle to hold their lines in Tel Tamer
Syriac Military Council's Aram Hanna says resisting Turkey-backed rebels in northern Syria is impossible without heavy weapons
Russia moves helicopters to new Syria base in Qamishli near Turkey border
Russia has begun moving helicopters and other equipment to a new base in Qamishli in northeastern Syria near the Turkey border
SDF secures ‘ticking time-bomb’ ISIS prisoners in Syria against alarming odds
The Syrian Democratic Forces struggles to contain ISIS prisoners in northeast Syria as the US warns their conditions are a ticking time-bomb
US and SDF resume joint operations against ISIS sleeper cells in Syria
US forces and the SDF have begun operations against ISIS sleeper cells in northern Syria, foreign affairs official Aldar Xelil said
Dozens injured as multiple explosions hit Qamishli in northeast Syria
A series of bombs exploded in the northeast Syrian border town of Qamishli, killing at least one person
Car bomb hits Suluk near Syria-Turkey border
A car bomb in northeast Syria killed eight people and wounded more than 20 people in an area of the country recently invaded by Turkey
Turkey says it arrested dead ISIS leader Baghdadi’s sister in Azaz
Turkish forces in northern Syria detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS who was killed in a US raid last week
Turkey and Russia begin joint patrols on northern Syria border
Turkish and Russian forces on Friday, November 1 began joint patrols near the Syria-Turkey border under a deal agreed in Sochi for the border...
Turkey releases 18 Syrian soldiers after talks with Russia
Turkey freed 18 Syrian soldiers that its forces captured in northeastern Syria, the defense ministry said
Syria’s defense ministry calls on SDF to join government forces
Syria’s defense ministry called on Syrian Democratic Forces members to integrate into the army as its troops deployed on Turkish border
Joint Russia-Turkey patrols to begin in northeast Syria on Friday
Turkish-Russian joint patrols will start in Syria on Friday, Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after a deadline for an SDF withdrawal expired
18 ‘regime elements’ captured in northern Syria, Turkey’s defense ministry says
18 people who said they were Syrian government forces were captured near Ras al-Ayn in northern Syria, Turkey's defense ministry said
SDF withdraws from northern Syria border zone ahead of schedule, Russia says
Russia's defense minister said that Kurdish forces in northern Syria had withdrawn from areas along Turkey's border ahead of schedule
US to keep Deir Ezzor oilfields out of Syrian government hands, Esper says
US deployment to Syria's oilfields is aimed in part at denying them to Russia and the Syrian government, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said
After years helping others, aid workers are Syria’s latest refugees
Syrians who worked for international NGOs are fleeing to Iraq, fearing conscription into the army, or reprisals from the regime or Turkey-backed rebels
Additional Russian military police arrive in Syria for border patrols
Some 300 Russian military police have arrived in Syria to patrol the flashpoint Syrian-Turkish frontier under a deal with Turkey
