British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has met Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus to discuss boosting ...

Will the Middle East emerge from its disastrous post-Ottoman century? With Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon all weak, the region’s reconstruction in ways that permit peace, stability, and ...

Baathist leaders struggled to unify Syria which, to this day, is a patchwork of ideologies, religions and ethnicities (see map 4). In 1970 the defence minister, Hafez al-Assad, took over the party ...

Mr. al-Shara pledged that Syria would abide by a 1974 cease-fire agreement with Israel, and argued that the downfall of Mr. al-Assad had ended the threat of Iranian militias menacing Israel from ...

After taking Syria's second city Aleppo at the end of November, the rebels continued their offensive, moving south to take control of the city of Hama last Thursday.

The collapse of the Assad regime has fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed groups now jostling for control and international players anxious to preserve their regional interests.

This photo, released by a militant group in 2016, shows Abu Mohammed al-Golani, second from right, discussing battlefield details with field commanders in Aleppo, Syria. Uncredited/Associated Press ...

Syria’s Many Factions Explained in a Single Map The rebel groups and foreign powers contending to shape the country’s future By Michael Amon , Elizaveta Galkina ...

'No country to support us': Rebel leader Al-Golani on taking control of Syria. Syrian opposition leader Abu Mohammad al Jolani praised his fighters after taking control of Syria and ousting ...

In the first week, rebel forces made gains in northern Syria. HTS-affiliated rebels seized territory and took control of Aleppo, the country’s second-biggest city, on Dec. 3, before moving south ...