But as a new government takes shape in Damascus, Syrians and foreign observers alike worry about how inclusive, ...

Hezbollah’s intervention had thus proved ... is continuing to support our Kurdish allies in the Syrian Democratic Forces, who are currently under assault by Turkey’s Syrian proxy, the Syrian ...

In just ten days, on 8 December 2024, a surprise military offensive by the armed factions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led ...

An inside view of the Hama prison after the armed groups opposed to Bashar Assad's regime, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, took ...

In late 2015, the new administration formally established an armed wing called the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF ... Iran and Hezbollah, his government entered into a detente with the Rojava.

The Syrian shrine of Sayeda Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, ...

In the aftermath, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned Assad’s fall as a foreign-orchestrated conspiracy, a framing that reflects Tehran’s efforts to preserve its image as a ...

A fresh drive to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict has seen politicians from the pro-Kurdish party meet ...

In Lebanon, many saw the election on Thursday of Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, as a crucial step ...

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is a Kurdish-dominated ... Iran, Russia, and the Shia Islamist militia Hezbollah backed the Assad regime. Various state parties, including Turkey ...

As the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon barely holds ... group serving as the primary component of the Syrian Democratic Forces — that had their sanctuaries in northern Syria.

HUSSEIN MALLA / AP The "Islamic nationalists" of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS, the "Levant Liberation Organization"), who have become Syria's new leading force; the Syrian National Army (SNA ...