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.

|ByRIZIK ALABI/THE MEDIA LINE
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

Raed Al-Sale, Syria’s minister of emergency and disaster management, said rescue teams were carrying out an evacuation.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

Opposition-held areas' ability to respond to last week’s massive tremors is threatened by a military offensive from the Russian-backed government

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
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

Rebels say the Syrian army and its allied militias were amassing troops on front lines.

|ByREUTERS

Why Idlib matters and the obstacles Assad faces there

The city is the last major Rebel stronghold in the war-torn country.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018ByREUTERS
Syrian refugee boy cries as he attends the funeral of five Free Syrian Army fighter near Idlib