Idlib is one of several de-escalation zones agreed on by some of the war’s main international actors, Russia, Turkey and Iran. Yet it has been repeatedly bombed, ...

And even though the Idlib route remains open for the next 12 months, that crossing was already nearing capacity. “So it’s not simply a matter of, ‘Oh, ...

A dry wind rushes through the meanders of destroyed streets, bringing up the acrid smell of smoke laden with gasoline. In the ...

Indeed, the Idlib deal may be among the first signs that the new US envoy to Syria, Ambassador James Jeffrey, means to get serious about crafting US policy toward Syria.

Syrian architect Abdel Aziz al-Mohammed could barely recognise his war-ravaged village when he returned after years away. Now ...

RANIA ABOUZEID: Idlib is basically the last real estate that the revolution owns, and this is going to be a decisive battle. As you mentioned, the leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran are meeting.

On Aug. 9, the Syrian army dropped leaflets on the province of Idlib telling residents that “the war is nearing its end” and urging them to cooperate with government forces. One showed grainy ...

In Idlib city, there are many, like Mr Bakour, who sit in the squares and roundabouts hoping to be hired as day labourers, which will earn them the equivalent of about $2 for a day's work.

Idlib, in many ways, is a place of contradictions: too liberal to be a Middle Eastern Afghanistan, too bleak to be a Syrian Dubai. Refugee children play among crumbling buildings in Idlib, which ...

Idlib: a testing ground for HTS. Posted: December 17, 2024 | Last updated: March 5, 2025. Nine days after Bashar al-Assad was ousted, the new prime minister installed by Sharaa's Islamist Hayat ...

Idlib is one of several de-escalation zones agreed on by some of the war’s main international actors, Russia, Turkey and Iran. Yet it has been repeatedly bombed, ...