Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces that have made it so unstable. Syria’s cities are among the oldest in the world, but the concept of Syria as a country ...

European foreign ministers agreed on a “road map” to lift financial restrictions, but the change will happen in stages.

Rebels have launched a major offensive against the government in Syria, seizing cities in a lightning advance ... Western powers of trying to redraw the map of the region.

The cities of Homs and Hama, two of Syria's largest by population, were also captured by HTS over the course of the campaign, alongside Idlib, under its control since 2017. To the north ...

In just two weeks, Syrian rebels have swept from their enclave in the north west to capture a string of major cities, before reaching the capital Damascus and toppling President Bashar al-Assad 13 ...