Syria's war-ravaged northwest woke up to relative calm Friday, its skies free of warplanes for the first day in months, following a Russian-Turkish ceasefire deal.

Rare calm in Syria's Idlib after ceasefire deal

Turkey's week-old offensive against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria has displaced more than 300,000 people, a war monitor said Thursday. "More than 300,000 civilians have been displaced since the start of the offensive," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said.

Turkey assault in northeast Syria displaced 300,000: Monitor

At least 35 combatants including 26 pro-regime forces were killed Saturday in clashes and air strikes that erupted at dawn in northwestern Syria, a war monitor said.

Syria flare-up kills 35 fighters, including 26 pro-regime forces: Report

An attack Saturday by jihadists linked to Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate killed 13 regime fighters on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo, a war monitor said.

Jihadist attack kills 13 regime fighters in north Syria: Monitor

Over 600 people were evacuated Saturday from the Islamic State group's remaining holdout in eastern Syria, a monitor said, as US-backed fighters prepare for a final assault on the area.

600 people leave in first evacuation from Syria IS holdout: Monitor

The Islamic State group killed 12 US-backed fighters in a surprise attack Sunday from the jihadists' holdout in eastern Syria on the Iraqi border, a Britain-based monitor said.

Islamic State attack kills 12 US-backed fighters in east Syria: Monitor

More than 18,000 people, nearly half of them civilians, have been killed in Russian air strikes on Syria since Moscow began its game-changing intervention three years ago, a monitor said.

Three years of Russia strikes on Syria kill 18,000: Monitor

At least 28 pro-government fighters have been killed in a string of blasts at a regime airbase in central Syria earlier this week, a monitor said Sunday giving a new toll

Toll from blasts at Syria airbase climbs to 28: Monitor

'Regime forces now control 33 percent, or a third, of besieged Eastern Ghouta,' the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor said

Syria regime forces control third of Ghouta enclave: Monitor

Rebel fighters shot down a Russian plane over Syria's northwest Idlib province on Saturday, a monitor said, taking its Russian pilot captive

Syria rebels down Russian plane, capture pilot: Reports

The air strikes were carried out by the regime and Russian aircraft

Eight children among 21 killed in Syria Idlib strikes: Monitor