Displaced Syrians from Idlib spoke of their ordeal on Wednesday (December 25) as they travelled towards the Turkish border to flee an offensive heading into the last significant rebel pocket of Syria.

Families flee in fear as Russian-backed Syrian forces close in on rebel-held Idlib

At least eight people were killed on Thursday when a car bomb exploded in a busy market in the northwest Syrian city of Afrin, under control of Turkey-backed rebel groups, witnesses and a rescuer said.

Car blast kills eight in Syria's Afrin, near Turkish border

Turkey and Russia agreed on Tuesday (October 22) to remove the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia to beyond 30 km (19 miles) from the Turkish border, after which their troops will jointly patrol a narrower strip of land in the "safe zone" that Ankara has long sought in northern Syria.

Turkey, Russia agree Kurdish YPG withdrawal

The rockets hit two locations in the city centre, including a mosque during prayer times, Governor Mehmet Tekinarslan said. Eight people were wounded, with two in critical condition, at the mosque, and another five injured at the second location

Turkish border town hit by rockets, 13 wounded: Governor

The explosion near a government building in Azaz was believed to be caused by a car bomb

Fuel truck blast kills dozens in Syrian town near Turkish border

Fleeing jihadists took around 2,000 civilians, yesterday to ward off air strikes as they headed to IS-held town of Jarabulus

Islamic State frees hundreds of 'human shields' in Syria

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