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Al-Nusra Front says it has quit frontline positions against Islamic State and ceded them to other rebels, leaving an area of northern Syria where Turkey wants a buffer zone.
Nusra Front forces have started to withdraw from the Aleppo countryside handing over bases to the Free Syrian Army as Turkey prepares for a "free zone" in northern Syria.
Three Turkish troops were killed on Thursday when Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants opened fire on their convoy in the southeastern province of Sirnak, the army said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heads to China after securing NATO's backing for Ankara's fight against Islamic State militants, but facing tensions with Beijing over China's mostly Muslim Uighur minority.
In a defiant speech, Bashar al-Assad on Sunday vowed that his forces will defeat the myriad groups ranged against his regime, and 'win' the devastating civil war.
US President and his Turkish counterpart spoke on the phone Wednesday about conflicts in Iraq and Syria and the fight against Islamic State militants, the White House said.
In another disturbing and gruesome first, Islamic State operatives have murdered two women in Syria for 'sorcery', a Syrian monitoring group said Tuesday.
Syria's economy has contracted by more than 50 percent since March 2011, while poverty, deteriorating services and high unemployment pose immense challenges for any future attempts to rebuild it.
Hundreds of Syrian trying to return to Tal Abyad for Ramadan were unable to do soon Thursday as Turkish authorities close the Akcakale border post on the Syrian frontier.
Ruling AKP comes out on top once again after Sunday's elections, but fails to achieve a parliamentary majority for the first time.