The United Nations on Tuesday condemned a deadly car bomb attack in the Syrian city of Manbij that killed 20 people, mostly ...

Residents told The National that clashes and fighting within Aleppo were at a bare minimum. Many did not know what was happening until they saw militants in their neighbourhoods. “It’s over.

The Islamist former insurgents now in charge need to build popular support and demonstrate rule of law. And they’re finding ...

SYRIAN forces launched an offensive to liberate the east of Aleppo from US-backed insurgents yesterday. Air force planes flew dozens of missions against the postions of Fateh Halab, a loose coalition ...

Once Syria's economic capital, Aleppo and its surrounding neighbourhoods have been destroyed by four years of fighting, bombing and siege (2012-2016). Back then, rebel and jihadist groups had ...

Fierce fighting raged yesterday after the Syrian army launched an offensive to cut off the insurgent-held east of Aleppo city on Saturday. Battles continued north of the city in the Handarat ...

Syria’s interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year ...

A war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the insurgents led by Salafi Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, – including Al-Qaeda's former Syria branch, Jabhat al-Nusra – ...

The fighting has led to the capture of Manbij and Tal Rifaat in northern Aleppo, areas previously held by the SDF. Both sides have sustained heavy losses since the escalation. SOHR chief Rami ...

ALEPPO, Syria—Late one January night, two balaclava-clad security officers with Syria’s new government were speeding through the streets of Aleppo in pursuit of a man who had been spotted ...