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 ...
Syria's Islamist insurgent group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a former branch of al Qaeda, is trying to soften its public ...
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 ...
Syrian civil war reignites as Islamist militants make significant territorial gains, challenging Assad regime's control.
The Syrian military has rushed in reinforcements to push back insurgents from advancing farther after they seized Aleppo in a ...
New: Just a week after taking Aleppo, jihadists and rebels seized another major city in Syria on Thursday. Government troops ...
The rebel group Hayat Tahrir al Sham is stepping up its reassuring messages to the inhabitants of the large city in northern ...
Many of the internally displaced persons come from the Aleppo, Afrin and Shahba regions and are fleeing to Raqqa and Tabqa in ...
Even the brightest experts, with the most well-connected contacts, didn’t see such a decisive military maneuver coming nearly ...
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 ...