Syria
Rebels shoot down Syrian helicopter as fighting intensifies
Rebels shot down a Syrian military helicopter in northern Syria on Tuesday, killing its crew members in a fiery crash, while the government kept up its relentless bombing campaign on the opposition-held region, with an airstrike in which seven civilians died, activists and news reports said.
President: Turkey won't allow more ground to Syria in Idlib
Turkey's president said Tuesday his country won't allow Syrian forces to gain additional territory in a northern Syrian province, Turkish media reported, a day after clashes between Turkish and Syrian forces killed soldiers on both sides.
6 Turkish troops, 13 Syrian soldiers killed in north Syria
Turkey hit targets in northern Syria, responding to shelling by Syrian government forces that killed at least six Turkish military personnel, the Turkish president said Monday. A Syrian war monitor said 13 Syrian troops were also killed.
Warplanes kill 10, strike hospital in Syrian offensive
Warplanes struck a town in a rebel-held enclave in northwestern Syria, killing at least 10 people, including some who were fleeing the attack, opposition activists and a rescue service said Thursday. The attack, believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes backing a Syrian government offensive, also put a local hospital out of service, they said.
Syrian gov't forces suffer losses in Idlib province
About 40 Syrian government troops have been killed and 80 others injured in attacks by militants in the northwestern province of Idlib, the Russian center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria said in a statement Thursday.
Erdogan slams Syria for not complying with cease-fire
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday slammed the Syrian regime for failing to comply with the cease-fire, which was brokered by Turkey and Russia.
Blast kills 5 in north Syria town controlled by opposition
A vehicle rigged with explosives blew up in a market in a northern Syrian town on Monday, killing five people and wounding others, state media and opposition activists said.
Syrian constitutional committee lacks consensus on agenda: UN
The second session of the Syrian constitutional committee failed to get off the ground due to lack of consensus over the agenda, the UN envoy for Syria told the Security Council Friday.
Syria says possible drone attacks hit 3 oil, gas facilities
Near-simultaneous attacks believed to have been carried out by drones hit three government-run oil and gas installations in central Syria, state TV and the Oil Ministry said Saturday.
Syrian troops make new push into rebel-held northwest Idlib
Government troops Friday captured four villages in Syria's northwest as part of a new ground offensive to push into rebel-held Idlib province, Syria's military and opposition activists said.