But for years now he has led a group of rebels in southern Syria that shared HTS’s opposition to Mr Assad, though not the group’s Islamism. The commander has spent much of his life fighting the ...
The rebels who seized control called for foreign help in prosecuting atrocities, while trying to restore order in a fractured country.
Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...
Many Syrians remain apprehensive about how religious minorities, including Christians, will be treated in a new political ...
The rapid fall of Syria’s autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad, this past weekend was one of the most consequential developments ...
Syria's new prime minister said the Islamist-led alliance that ousted president Bashar al-Assad will guarantee minority ...
After the routing by Israel of Hamas and Hizbullah, its two main proxies in the region, the fall of Mr Assad, its third, is a ...
Kobane, Syria, was home to one of the most famous military turning points in history. A small force of Kurdish guerrillas, ...
For more than half a century, the Assad dynasty appeared to have an impregnable hold over Syria. Relying on a formidable security apparatus, brutal use of force, and powerful allies such as Russia, ...
Syrian fighters received about 150 drones as well as other covert support from Ukrainian intelligence operatives last month, weeks ahead of the rebels' advance that toppled Bashar al-Assad over the ...
On Sunday, the government of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad fell to a loose coalition of militant factions headed by Abu Mohammed al-Golani, once affiliated with al-Qaeda. Assad fled to Russia, and ...
The Assad regime suddenly and dramatically fell Sunday after 13 years of brutal war. Here's a brief background.