Al-Monitor - Another tough week for US-Turkey relations as Erdogan accuses US of "sick mentality." Syria may be on the verge of another escalation in violence. Friction is increasing in the east, where on Aug. 25 a Russian vehicle hit an American vehicle on patrol, injuring four US soldiers. Meanwhile, in the northwest, there is a gathering ...

Press TV - Russia and Turkey have begun jointlypatrolling the strategic M4 highway inSyria's embattled northwestern province ofIdlib as part of a ceasefire reached earlier this month. The patrols began from the settlement ofTronba in Idlib, the last militant stronghold inthe country, on Sunday. According to the Russianmedia, Moscow sent militarypolice ...

Press TV - Turkey has further reinforced its troops in Syrias Idlib province, ratcheting up fears of a large-scale confrontation with Syrian government forces, as officials from Turkey and Russia met in Ankara to discuss the fighting. Ankara sent hundreds of military vehicles on Saturday into Syrias northwestern Idlib province, witnesses said, after ...

MNA Russia will continue coordination of efforts with Iran, Turkey to achieve stability and security in Syria's Idlib, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Moscow remains committed to the agreements reached by the Astana trio (Russia, Iran, Turkey) and will continue coordination with Ankara and Tehran for the sake of achieving ...

RT - Terrorists took over the Idlib de-escalation zone and carried out thousands of attacks in the last two months, Russias Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding that the West is portraying them as "moderate opposition." Idlib governorate, the last stronghold of anti-government forces in Syria, saw a surge of violence by radical jihadists ...

Al-Monitor | Hamidreza Azizi: The Syrian armys ongoing military operation in the northwestern province of Idlib has resulted in a number of strategic gains for President Bashar al-Assads government. On Jan. 28, the Syrian army recaptured Maaret al-Numan, a strategic town south of the city of Idlib, from rebel and terrorist groups. The achievement was ...

SANA - Syrian Arab Army units operating in Idleb countryside clashed with terrorist groups which attacked military posts deployed in the liberated countryside in Maaret al-Nuaman area. A military source told SANA that terrorist organizations on Thursday dawn carried out a new field escalation through launching a fierce attack by large numbers of ...

Reuters - Russia, Turkey and Iran are concerned about the increased presence of terrorist groups in Syrias Idlib province, the three countries said after talks in Kazakhstan, pledging to coordinate actions aimed at eliminating the militants. Moscow, Ankara and Tehran highlighted the necessity to establish calm on the ground, the trio said in a joint ...

Sputnik - The first day of the 14th round of Astana-format talks on Syria in the Kazakh capital has started with a bilateral meeting between the Russian and Iranian delegations. A number of closed-door bilateral and multilateral meetings among the representatives of ceasefire guarantor states (Russia, Turkey, and Iran), Syrian parties (government ...

Reuters - The European Union called on Wednesday for a ceasefire in Syrias Idlib province and said Russia, Turkey, Iran and the Syrian government must protect civilians under siege. At least 180,000 people have fled an surge in violence in the province in northwest Syria, the last major stronghold of rebels who have fought against President Bashar ...

Press TV - Syrias UNAmbassador Basharal-Jaafari says foreign-backed Takfiri militants based in the northwestern Idlib Province are using civilians as human shields, stressing the governments commitment to protecting its people from the scourge of terrorism. Speaking Tuesday at a UN Security Council session on the situation in Syria, Jaafari said ...

MNA Syrias Permanent Representative at the United Nations Bashar al-Jaafari said that Western states, particularly the United States, are working to prolong the crisis in Syria by investing in terrorism, stressing that a military resolution in Idleb is inevitable if the political efforts to implement the Sochi agreement fail. In an interview given ...

Tasnim Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said "significant progress" has been made in Turkey's ongoing talks with Iran and Russia to secure Syria's northwestern province of Idlib. "Let's secure the Idlib region completely, we say. We are talking with Russia and Iran to do that and we have made significant progress," Erdogan said on Saturday,...

Alwaght - The presidents of Russia, Iran, and Turkey held their fourth Syria meeting on Thursday in the Russian resort city of Sochi to discuss Astana peace process and further paving the way for political solutions to the Syrian crisis. One important point of discussion was the US forces withdrawal from the crisis-hit country that necessitates ...

Press TV - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned about the current situation in the militant-held Idlib province in northwestern Syria, describing it as very dangerous. The situation in the Syrian province [of Idlib] is very dangerous, and the Nusra Front terrorist group which is not part of a de-escalation zone is controlling ...

MNA Syrian Army units destroyed fortified positions and gatherings of terrorist organizations in Hama northern countryside and Idleb southern countryside in retaliation to their repeated breaches of the de-escalation zone agreement and the attacks they launched on military posts and safe villages and towns. SANAs reporter in Hama said that army ...

Press TV - The Syrian army has reportedly dispatched military equipment, including artillery, armored vehicles and personnel carriers, to the outskirts of the western provinces of Hama and Idlib. An informed military source, cited by Russia's Sputnik news agency, saidthe militarybuild-up is meant to boost readiness against any possible changeon ...

Anadolu Agency - 2-day meeting expected to focus on Idlib ceasefire, establishment of Syria constitutional committee, release of prisoners The 11th round of Syria peace talks in the Astana format is scheduled to start in the Kazakh capital on Wednesday. After a six-month recess, the guarantor countries of Turkey, Russia, and Iran will meet once again ...

Al-Monitor | Hamidreza Azizi: The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany met Oct. 27 in Istanbul for a summit to discuss the ongoing developments regarding the Syrian crisis. In a final statement issued after the summit, the four sides emphasized Syrias sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as the necessity of continuing the fight against ...

Tasnim Irans former ambassador to Damascus highlighted the complicated situation in Syrias rebel-held province of Idlib and said it is unlikely that the Turkish government would be able to force the terrorist groups in the area to withdraw. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani described the issue of Idlib as unresolved,...