
The Syrian state will recover Idlib through war or peaceful means, a minister was quoted as saying Tuesday, pointing to the government’s determination to defeat militants there despite a Russian-Turkish deal that halted an expected army offensive. Faisal Mekdad, deputy foreign minister, described the Idlib agreement as part of a ...

Turkish military vehicles entered Syria’s rebel bastion of Idlib Tuesday after militants snubbed an agreement between Turkey and Russia for the creation of a buffer zone in the northwestern Syrian province. The 30-strong convoy of vehicles entered the province “overnight,” AFP reported Monday, describing the vehicles as those used for ...