Turkey will not withdraw from its observation posts in the Syrian rebel bastion province of Idlib which has seen an increase in violence carried out by regime forces supported by Russian airstrikes, the defence minister said.

Will not withdraw from army posts in Syria's Idlib: Turkey

Russia landed attack helicopters and troops at a sprawling airbase in northern Syria vacated by US forces, the Russian Defence Ministry's Zvezda TV channel said on Friday.

Russia lands forces at former US air base in northern Syria

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to walk away from the purchase of a Russian missile defence system, calling it a "very serious challenge" to bilateral ties, even though he described a meeting between the two leaders as "wonderful.

Despite 'wonderful' meeting, Trump and Erdogan fail to resolve conflicts

Russia has begun setting up a helicopter base at a civilian airport in the north-eastern Syrian city of Qamishli, the Russian Defence Ministry's Zvezda TV channel said on Thursday, showing footage of helicopter gunships arriving there.

Russia sets up helicopter base in northern Syria after US exit

Turkish forces conducting a joint patrol in northern Syria under a Russian-Turkish deal fired live rounds on Tuesday at protesters near the mainly Kurdish town of Kobani, a witness and a monitor said.

Turkish forces in patrol shoot at protesters in Syria's Kobani - Witness, Observatory

Turkey's military incursion in Syria has given President Tayyip Erdogan a bump in opinion polls and exposed potential cracks in an informal political alliance that claimed surprise victories over his ruling party in local elections this year.

Turkey's Syria operation reveals cracks among Erdogan's political foes

Turkey removed four more mayors on Wednesday as part of a widening government crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), bringing to 20 the number of mayors who have been dismissed after being elected earlier this year.

Turkey removes four more Kurdish mayors over alleged terror links

Turkey-Russia begin joint patrolling across Northern Syria

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched legal proceedings against a French magazine which branded Turkey's president "The Eradicator" after he sent troops into Syria to push back Kurdish forces, media reported Friday.

Turkey's Erdogan sues French magazine over 'eradicator' cover

A Syrian Kurdish man set himself on fire Wednesday outside the headquarters of the United Nations refugee agency and was receiving treatment for his injuries, police said.

Syrian man sets himself on fire outside U.N. building: Police

Turkey has replaced four mayors from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) with state officials, the offices of two provincial governors said on Tuesday, part of a widening crackdown on local councils controlled by the party.

Turkey replaces four more pro-Kurdish mayors as crackdown widens

A Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in an attack by Syrian Kurdish forces on Sunday despite a ceasefire deal brokered by the United States, the defence ministry said.

Turkish soldier killed in Syrian Kurd attack: Defence Ministry

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday (October 19) that all of the nearly 1,000 troops withdrawing from northern Syria are expected to move to western Iraq to continue the campaign against Islamic State militants and "to help defend Iraq.

All United States troops withdrawing from Syria expected to go to Iraq: Pentagon chief

Turkey on Saturday urged the United States to use its "leverage" over Syrian Kurdish forces to ensure an orderly pullout under an agreement reached with Washington, the presidency spokesman said.

Turkey urges United States to use 'leverage' to ensure Kurdish force pullout: Report

'Ceasefire' or a 'pause'? What happened when Washington, Ankara met over Syria offensive

Key developments in Turkey's offensive in Syria

"Don't be a fool," Donald Trump warned his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an extraordinary letter sent the day Turkey launched its incursion into northeastern Syria -- warning history risked branding him a "devil.

'Don't be a fool': US President Trump tells Turkish President Erdogan in threatening letter

US Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departed for Turkey on Wednesday, seeking to secure a ceasefire in the Turkish invasion of northern Syria.

United States' Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo head to Turkey seeking ceasefire

France said Sunday it was "worried" after Kurdish authorities reported that hundreds of relatives of foreign jihadists had escaped from a displacement camp in northern Syria in an area under Turkish assault.

France 'worried' after nearly 800 IS relatives escape Syrian camp

For the second time in two years, Jihan and her family had to pack their bags and abandon their home in northern Syria because of a Turkish invasion. As she picked her way through the belongings other displaced families had strewn across the schoolyard, the 47-year-old mother felt a mix of anger and wary deja vu.

In Syria, history repeats itself for displaced Kurds

Turkish tanks crossed into northern Syria to intensify its attack on Islamic State

Turkey ups its offensive against IS in Syria

Three other soldiers were wounded in a rocket attack by the Kurdish militia

First Turkish soldier killed as conflict intensifies in northern Syria