GAZIANTEP, TURKEY—Thousands of Syrian villagers are fleeing homes in the countryside south of Aleppo in the face of a government ground assault backed by Russian airstrikes, one of four major offensives mounted since Russia’s military intervention in the long-running Syrian civil war. The three other offensives are focused mainly on rural areas in the provinces […]
The U.S.-led coalition carried out it 20th airstrike in Syria in two days on Wednesday. This latest strike in the air campaign against ISIL targeted a convoy that was being used to transport equipment into Iraq, Eight vehicles were damaged in the strike. Reports say that at least 120 militants were killed in the first […]
