Mr. al-Assad’s international backers, including Russia, Iran and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, are weakened, distracted by ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is a Sunni Islamist political and militant group that was set up in 2011 which has a key role in ...

In just a few days, a patchwork of forces has seized control of a broad stretch of land in the west and northwest of Syria.

Syria's civil war has taken a dramatic turn, with dictator Bashar Assad once again leaning on Russian support after a shock ...

Syrian and Russian jets are stepping up strikes on opposition forces in northern Syria in retaliation for the sudden ...

Syrian rebels have swept through parts of the country at lightning pace, taking control of the the second-largest city, ...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Monday branded an Islamist-led offensive that has captured swathes of territory an ...

Jihadist-led rebels seized Aleppo's airport and dozens of nearby towns on Saturday after overrunning most of Syria's second city, a war monitor said.

Syria's military said it had carried out ... to defeat them no matter how much their attacks intensify. The rebels have seized Aleppo international airport, according to a war monitor, the UK ...

A Syria war monitor said rebels seized Aleppo's civilian airport Saturday -- the first time they have taken such a facility -- along with key towns in Idlib and Hama provinces as they waged a dayslong ...

It was not immediately clear how deeply the rebels had penetrated Aleppo or whether they would ... s western countryside as residents fled. Syria’s civil war has quieted in recent years, but ...