Idlib

People stand on a Turkish military vehicle during a protest against an agreement on joint Russian and Turkish patrols, at M4 highway in Idlib province, Syria, March 15, 2020.

Analysis: Nine years on, we still dream of a free Syria

“Never Again” has become an empty slogan when it comes to Syria. Still, we have hope, writes one Syrian-American doctor.

Analysis: Nine years on, we still dream of a free Syria
Several Syria soldiers are shown walking alongside and riding on a tank in a dirt road.

Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo, air strikes under way

Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo, air strikes under way
Trucks carry belongings of people fleeing from Maarat al-Numan, in northern Idlib, Syria, on Dec. 24, 2019.

Idlib in northwest Syria is under attack from Russian and Syrian jets. Here’s what one resident told us.

Idlib in northwest Syria is under attack from Russian and Syrian jets. Here’s what one resident told us.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Baghdadi’s death is a huge blow to ISIS, but history suggests it won’t guarantee a safer world

Baghdadi’s death is a huge blow to ISIS, but history suggests it won’t guarantee a safer world
Destroyed buildings, cars, and people and are seen from across the street in Aleppo's old town.

8 years after Syria’s first protests, one Syrian says ‘we really just wanted freedom’

8 years after Syria’s first protests, one Syrian says ‘we really just wanted freedom’
A ferris wheel stands in the rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan town in Idlib province, Syria. Stars fill the night sky over the Syrian rebel-held city of Idlib, and the streets are eerily quiet.

Starry nights and empty streets in Idlib: PHOTOS

Stars fill the night sky over the Syrian rebel-held city of Idlib, and the streets are eerily quiet. The calm might not last much longer. Reuters photographer Ammar Abdullah went out at night in Idlib to take this surreal series of images.

Starry nights and empty streets in Idlib: PHOTOS
A member of the Nusra Front climbs a pole where the al-Qaeda-affiliate's flag was raised at a central square in the northwestern Syrian city of Ariha, in Idlib province, after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the area on May 29, 2015.

The other Islamic state: al-Qaeda is still fighting for an emirate of its own

A woman who fled war in a Syrian city speaks about life under al-Qaeda's strong Syria branch, Jabhat al-Nusra.

The other Islamic state: al-Qaeda is still fighting for an emirate of its own
People and Civil Defense members remove rubble while looking for survivors in the ruins of a destroyed Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) supported hospital hit by missiles in Marat Numan, Idlib province, Syria, February 16, 2016.

Airstrikes in Syria hit hospitals, killing at least 50 people

"I think the situation inside Syria is a war without law and a war without end," said David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, and former foreign secretary for the UK. “And I’m afraid that our workers and the people they serve are daily subjects to the Assad Regime, [and] its barrel bombing missions.”

Airstrikes in Syria hit hospitals, killing at least 50 people
Subhi Nahas is a gay refugee from the Syrian city of Idlib.

Subhi Nahas never felt safe as a gay man in Syria — and then ISIS took over his hometown

For an openly gay man, life in Syria was never easy. But things are actually getting worse.

Subhi Nahas never felt safe as a gay man in Syria — and then ISIS took over his hometown
Yasser Faisal al-Jumaili during the battle of Fallujah, Iraq, in November 2004.

A journalist killed in Syria is remembered for his keen eye

More than 60 journalists have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in 2011. Among the most recent is Iraqi journalist Yasser Faisal al-Julaimi, who was killed last month by Islamic extremists. Baghdad-based reporter Jane Arraf knew Yasser well and recalls his keen sense of beauty.

A journalist killed in Syria is remembered for his keen eye
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Syria Uprising: A Family Saga

Two Syrian-American brothers who sneak back into Syria to fight the government run into their father in the besieged city of Idlib. And their father is none-too-happy to see them. Marine Olivesi met up with the family in Turkey and tells their story.

Syria Uprising: A Family Saga

Is Syria's Idlib Like Srebrenica?

Many Syrian fighters and refugees have fled over the border into Turkey. Some see similarities between what is happening now in Idlib and the massacres in the mid-90s at Srebrenica, in Bosnia.

Is Syria's Idlib Like Srebrenica?

Global Syrian activists stage protest in Turkey after aid convoy is turned back at border

Syria's Arab Spring-inspired revolution is entering its second year and there's no end in sight. In fact, if anything, government officials are more strongly entrenched than they've been at any point in past months, fresh off routes of rebel forces and strongholds around the country's north.

Global Syrian activists stage protest in Turkey after aid convoy is turned back at border
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Syria Crisis: Activists Trying to Send Aid Into Syria From Turkey

International activists want to help Syrians by sending in caravans of humanitarian aid through Turkey and Jordan. It's unlikely the food and medicine will reach their destination, but they hope their efforts will boost morale inside the besieged country.

Syria Crisis: Activists Trying to Send Aid Into Syria From Turkey

Syria Unravels as Arab League Prepares for Mission

Syria Unravels as Arab League Prepares for Mission