Free Syrian Army

Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlio?lu confirmed to Hürriyet on Nov. 17 that NATO allies Ankara and Washington have agreed to stage a "joint operation" along Turkey's border with Syria, with sources saying this is the start of a previously announced bid to establish an "ISIL-free zone."

Following Russia's intervention in Syria, now the U.S. announced last week that it will deploy troops in northern Syria. Right after this, Turkey's Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlio?lu said two days ago that Turkey plans to take military action against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the upcoming days. 

Two Syrian journalists have been murdered in Turkey's southeastern province of ?anl?urfa in what is presumed to be an attack by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). 

?brahim Abdulkadir, managing editor at Syrian Ayn Vatan newspaper and Firaz Hamadi, a reporter for the same newspaper, had fled the conflict in Syria for ?anl?urfa, where they shared a flat.

Delegations from Free Syrian Army rebel groups did not visit Moscow, representatives of four factions fighting under the FSA banner told Reuters on Oct. 27, denying Russian news agency reports that such visits had taken place. 

An alliance of Free Syrian Army-related groups in southern Syria said on Oct. 26 Russia must stop bombing rebels before they could talk about cooperating with it, saying they hadn't turned down an offer of support but Moscow must first halt its attacks. 

Israel said on Oct. 25 that an Arab citizen had used a paraglider to fly illegally into neighboring Syria, where he planned to join Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) insurgents in the four-year-old rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad. 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Oct. 24 the Kremlin wanted Syria to prepare for parliamentary and presidential elections and that Moscow was ready to provide air support to the Free Syrian Army. 

Ten more people have been taken into custody in connection with the Oct. 10 Ankara Massacre, Turkey's prime minister has said, reiterating that initial evidence suggested two terror organizations were behind the attack, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). 

Ten more people have been taken into custody in connection with the Oct. 10 Ankara Massacre, Turkey's prime minister has said, reiterating that initial evidence suggested two terror organizations were behind the attack, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). 

Iran has sent hundreds of troops into northern and central Syria in the first such open deployment in the country's civil war, joining fighters from its Lebanese ally Hezbollah in an offensive against rebels and taking advantage of cover from Russia's air campaign, a regional official and Syrian activists said Oct. 14.