BEIRUT — Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters retook a strategic northwestern town from government forces on Thursday, opposition activists said, cutting a key highway just days after the government reopened it for the first time since 2012. Despite losing the town of Saraqeb, Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces made major gains...
WATCH: Syrian Father Teaches Daughter to Laugh When the Bombs Fall
BEIRUT — Abdullah Mohammed would do anything for his daughter, even forcing himself to laugh with her at the sound of bombs to help her overcome her fear. In Idlib, that’s a lot of laughter. The province in northwestern Syria is the last opposition-held stronghold in the war-ravaged country. It...
Turkey Sends More Troops, Tanks to Syria Amid Idlib Assault
BEIRUT — Several Turkish armored vehicles and tanks entered rebel-controlled northwestern Syria early on Friday, the latest reinforcements sent in by Ankara amid a Syrian government offensive that this week brought the two countries' troops into a rare direct confrontation. The Syrian government, backed by its ally Russia, has kept...
Erdogan: Turkey Captures Slain IS Leader Al-Baghdadi's Wife
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. Erdogan made the announcement while delivering a speech in the capital of Ankara but gave no other details. He did not say when...
Fresno Syrian Responds to Chem Attacks
The chemical attacks in Syria have shocked the world. In the northwest Syrian region of Idlib, close to 100, including children…dead. Images of lifeless civilians…. Are too much to describe… Said Habbaba is a Syrian asylum seeker. For the past five years, he has lived in Fresno with his wife...
Fresno Syrian Responds to Chem Attacks
The chemical attacks in Syria have shocked the world. In the northwest Syrian region of Idlib, close to 100, including children…dead. Images of lifeless civilians…. Are too much to describe… Said Habbaba is a Syrian asylum seeker. For the past five years, he has lived in Fresno with his wife...