Idlib

Confusion over fate of ISIS commander after US-led raid in Iraq

While Syrian officials report one senior leader was captured alive and another killed, uncertainty surrounds the outcome of the high-profile mission.

A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014
Mahmoud al-Hamoud's son sits near tents installed next to his damaged house, as returning Syrians prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, in Idlib, Syria March 28, 2025.

At least two killed, 70 injured as blast rocks Syria's Idlib

 A view of a street damaged by the earthquake, in the rebel-held town of Harem, in Idlib governorate, Syria, February 14, 2023.

No aid in Idlib as Assad army targets rebel-held northwest Syria after earthquakes

A motorbike burns after an airstrike in this screen grab taken from a social media video said to be taken in Idlib, Syria on July 16, 2019

Russian jets bomb opposition-held Idlib - witnesses


Air strikes on Syrian rebel enclave intensify says human rights monitor

Another nine people were killed elsewhere in the enclave, it said.

Members of the Civil Defence rescue children after what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria June 2, 2014

Russian-led assault in Syria leaves over 500 civilians dead

The Syrian Network for Human Rights,(SNHR), said the 544 civilians killed in the hundreds of attacks carried out by Russian jets and the Syrian army include 130 children.

People walk past a damaged building in the city of Idlib on May 31, 2019.

Russian jets kill at least 25 in north-western Syria

Aerial strikes on Monday killed at least 25 people, mostly civilians, in northwestern Syria in the sixth week of a Russian-led military offensive that has so far killed hundreds of civilians.

People walk past a damaged building in the city of Idlib on May 31, 2019.

Indictment filed against Israeli-Arab woman who joined Jabat al-Nusra

Renwa Rasmi Muhammad Shanawi showed a desire to die over "Muslim humiliation" at the al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli authorities.

An Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra fighter talks on a walkie-talkie while carrying his weapon on Al-Khazan frontline of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib

Intense fighting in northwest Syria as army tries to advance

Northwest Syria is the only significant territory still in rebel hands.

Smoke rises from buildings near the national hospital, after what activists said was shelling by warplanes loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the town of Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib province May 22, 2015

'We don't see the enemy': concealed jihadists slow ISIS defeat

The assault has also been complicated by resistance from hardened jihadists holed up inside seeking a fight to the death.

Soldier firing at ISIS targets in northern Iraq

U.S.-backed Syria forces say ISIS suicide bombers thwarted in last-stand

The enclave is the last shred of populated territory held by the jihadists who have been driven from roughly a third of both Iraq and Syria over the past four years.

ISIS fighter

‘ISIS trying to smuggle drones from Europe for global attacks’

In the past, international smuggling by the terrorist group has used 16 different companies in at least seven countries to smuggle weapons.

A MEMBER of ISIS waves the group’s flag in Raqqa

Kremlin accuses U.S. of drone attack on Russian air base in Syria

Drone employment threatens to upset delicate cease-fire agreement in nearby Idlib

A U.S. Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft

Syrian rebels to complete withdrawal of weapons from Idlib zone on Monday

The Turkey-backed National Front for Liberation (NFL) rebel alliance said on Saturday that the process of withdrawing heavy weapons had begun.

A GENERAL view taken with a drone shows the Clock Tower of the rebel-held Idlib city, Syria in June.