The government has vowed to fight back. Russia, which deployed its air force to Syria in 2015 to help Assad, is conducting ...

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.

Syrian rebels' capture of Aleppo from President Bashar al-Assad has brought the Syrian civil war back into focus, jolting ...

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hundreds of fighters from Iran-backed Iraqi militias crossed into Syria overnight to help the ...

Syrian government forces and their Russian allies are battling to hold back the offensive, with Russia launching airstrikes ...

Syrian and Russian airstrikes on rebel-held positions continued on Monday, mostly in Hama and Idlib provinces in the ...

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

Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have deployed in Syria to back the government’s counteroffensive against a surprise advance by ...

Approximately 200 Iraqi militiamen crossed into Syria overnight through the strategic Bou Kamal border crossing, according to ...