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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.
Comment: Oppressive police powers can only be repealed if the wide array of opposition forms a short-term government, writes Mat Nashed.
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.
Social media posts and videos from Islamic State extremists have allowed analysts to pinpoint their movements in Iraq and Syria, highlighting the group's increasing push towards government strongholds.
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.