Two rebel groups are leading the push. One is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ( HTS ), which emerged from al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate.

The belligerents are the last survivors of Syria’s hugely destructive civil war, which began in 2011 as another Arab Spring revolution, with antigovernment protesters demanding Assad leave.

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

Rebel forces moved toward the central city of Hama after taking Aleppo, while the government sent reinforcements to the area.

Fighters from Hezbollah and Iraq’s Shiite militias have deployed to Syria to support government forces, but it’s unclear if ...

The leader of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group has toured the seized city of Aleppo in a surprise visit, for the first ...

A group of Syrian journalists headed to toward Hama were hit by an airstrike, killing photographer Anas Alkharboutli.

The outbreak of major hostilities in northern Syria beginning on November 27, 2024, raises concerns that civilians face a ...

The geopolitical context of 2011 is starkly different from that of today, perhaps leading to a desire on the part of some ...

Syria’s state news agency reports Syrian troops backed by Syrian and Russian warplanes are fighting fierce battles in the central Hama province, as rebels seek to build on their surprise takeover of ...

A photographer working for dpa, Anas Alkharboutli, has been killed during the latest fighting in Syria. The 32-year-old ...

Award-winning Syrian photographer Anas Alkharboutli, who worked for German press agency DPA, was killed Wednesday in an air ...