The rebels have set their sights on an area where President Bashar al-Assad’s government has long maintained strength.

Even as Israel bombarded Syria, officials say the U.S. and Gulf countries were working to weaken its president’s alliance ...

Turkey will be the key player in ending the rebel push by Syrian insurgents against President Bashar al-Assad.

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

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 ...

However, much has changed in the years since Putin's intervention in Syria's civil war. The Russian president's invasion of ...

The rebel coalition consists of "well-established armed Islamist factions who, despite their differences, are united in ...

A patchwork of rebel forces has seized control of a broad stretch of western and northwestern Syria. It’s unclear how much ...

At least 300 fighters, primarily from Iraq's Badr and Nujabaa groups, crossed late on Sunday using a dirt road to avoid the ...

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Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, otherwise known as Bashar Assad’s lifeline in Syria, have bigger fish to fry at the moment.

Fighters from a U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led coalition battled Syrian government forces in northeast Syria early on Tuesday, both ...