To keep US troops in Syria now implies a forever war, with no realistic ending imaginable
Airstrikes and chemical weapons, one hopes, will no longer be the daily fare of future violations in Syria
Russia and Iran have insisted that extremist groups in Idlib must be defeated and are expected to back regime forces in any assault
The monitor could not immediately identify who carried it out
The seven-year Syrian war represents a human catastrophe of enormous proportions
The global watchdog working to eradicate chemical weapons is investigating reports of a suspected poison gas attack on the Syrian rebel-held town of Douma, its head said
Since an escalation of violence in Eastern Ghouta on February 18, a total of 1,394 civilians, including 271 minors and 173 women, have been killed, according to the SOHR
Mattis said he was aware of, an awful lot of reports about chlorine gas use or about symptoms that could be resulting from chlorine gas
The strikes carried out on Sunday were the latest against jihadists and rebels in a week-old regime offensive on Idlib
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP that 18 people were killed by Russian strikes in the town of Misraba
"I have taken a decision: a significant part of the Russian troop contingent located in Syria is returning home to Russia," said the Russian President
IS captured the city in a counter-attack that was launched a week ago
State news agency SANA said the army had surrounded the town from three sides
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths resulted from air strikes targeting Al Mayadeen
Turkey and Russia are deeply entangled in the war in Syria
The attack was a desperate attempt to lift the morale of the terrorist groups, says Syrian army
The Turkish attacks killed at least 20 Syrian Kurdish fighters in the People's Protection Units
Our impression is that the West, mainly the US, is hand-in-glove with the terrorists, he said
The strike occurred south of Tabqa on April 11
ISIS is satanic, cruel and amorphous; it disseminates its ideology through the internet