Provincial capitals falling before an unexpected advance. Military units allegedly defecting, deserting or switching sides.
In just three days, opposition forces captured Syria’s second-largest city, Aleppo, following the sudden collapse of forces ...
Qaeda, have sought to soften their image in recent years, many worry they will revert to their repressive roots.
The resurgence of fighting in Syria has brought into focus the role of foreign powers in the country. Turkey, Iran, Russia and the United States have all deployed troops in Syria since 2011, while ...
Syria's embattled president is losing ground to advancing rebel forces, but Iran is poorly positioned this time to help him turn the tide.
New: Just a week after taking Aleppo, jihadists and rebels seized another major city in Syria on Thursday. Government troops ...
Even the brightest experts, with the most well-connected contacts, didn’t see such a decisive military maneuver coming nearly ...
The Syrian military has rushed in reinforcements to push back insurgents from advancing farther after they seized Aleppo in a ...
As the commander of al Qaeda's franchise in the Syrian civil war, Abu Mohammed al-Golani was a shadowy figure who kept out of ...
In the week since hostilities escalated, ActionAid’s partner, Violet, which operates emergency ambulance services across ...
The fall of Syria's second city, Aleppo, to Islamist-led rebels has brought flight and displacement for some, but for others ...
Syrian state SANA news agency on Wednesday said insurgents retreated some 20 kilometers (12 miles) from government-held Hama, ...