Idlib

Explosion rocks Idlib's Jisr a-Shughour, as ruling Islamist faction intensifies operations against IS sleeper cells

Apr 24,2019

Syrians in former opposition pockets still using smugglers, corrupt security officials to transport themselves nor...

Moscow meeting signals deepening Russian-Turkish cooperation over Idlib, as Syrian government ramps up bombardment

With tents swept away by torrential rains, northern Syria’s displaced seek shelter in mosques, olive groves

As majority of residents flee north, one man in bombed-out Khan Sheikhoun describes recent onslaught: ‘Life here i...

LATEST FROM Idlib

Turkey attempts to salvage Sochi agreement as bombing devastates Idlib

March 13

Explosion after explosion rocked the southern Idlib city, where shelling has become an almost daily feature of life.

‘We’ve already died a thousand times,’ says one of last Khan Sheikhoun residents to flee wave of bombing

March 12

Khan Sheikhoun is a town of concrete. Poured-cement homes stacked beside one another, cinder-block sheds, shops and cafes.To be indoors during a pro-government airstrike or bombin...

Shadow war between HTS, suspected IS sleeper cells leaves civilians in Idlib city living in fear

March 07

In rebel-held Idlib province, Islamist coalition Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham has launched a crackdown on suspected hardline rivals in Syria’s northwest, following a wave of bombings and...

Civilians ‘caught in the middle’ as HTS roots out suspected IS sleeper cells in Idlib

March 07

Last week, a suspected Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber detonated themself inside a crowded restaurant in downtown Idlib city, killing several members of hardline faction Hay’at ...

'From the gutter to the rain': Inside HTS' takeover of northwestern Syria

February 25

In a conference hall adorned with the flags of Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham, the Free Syrian Army and National Liberation Front, a banner read overhead, “Hand in hand, we win our revoluti...

After cuts, German aid agency reinstates funding to health directorates in rebel-held north with ‘strict conditions’

February 25

German development agency GIZ reinstated vital funding to health directorates across northwestern Syria according to “strict conditions,” local officials told Syria Direct on Mond...

Souriyeh / سوريّة: Women’s voices from Syria

February 21

For around five years, Judi Arash lived under siege in a bombed-out, encircled rebel-held area of northern Homs that, at one point, was restricted to just three square kilometers....

After inconclusive talks in Sochi, pro-government artillery escalates bombardment on key Idlib towns

February 17

AMMAN: Pro-government forces escalated artillery and rocket barrages on rebel-held towns in Syria’s northwest on Sunday, days after trilateral international talks between Iran, Ru...

Bombardments continue across Idlib province as regional leaders meet in Sochi to decide fate of rebel-held northwest

February 14

A man rides his motorcycle through Idlib in February. Photo by Omar Haj Kaddour/AFP. AMMAN: Pro-government shelling ramped up dramatically across Syria’s rebel-held northwe...

Suicide bomb strikes HTS-linked government headquarters in Idlib city, amid wave of attacks blamed on IS

January 29

Idlib city in November 2018. Muhammad Haj Kadour/AFP. AMMAN: A suicide bomb ripped through the administrative headquarters of the Syrian Salvation Government in Idlib city Tuesda...

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Photo Essay: Displaced families from northeast Hama flee ongoing battles, settle in sparse camps

Hundreds of residents return to regime-controlled Homs city months after leaving in rebel surrender agreement

Residents in northwest Syrian town caught in the latest crackdown by Al-Qaeda-linked rebel faction

Sick residents evacuated, injured fighters leave as second round of Four Towns Agreement begins

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