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More than one week after President Trump decided to pull the United States out of northern Syria, the situation on the ground has begun reflecting a new phase in the Syrian conflict.
Israeli forces have pushed into Syria south of the capital Damascus and said they will remain there indefinitely.
NAWA, Syria (AP) — As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from several countries backing either the rebels or Syria’s ...
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria — an organization once part of Al Qaeda — has effectively gained control of large swaths of Iraq and Syria over the past year.
Homs is a major industrial city in western Syria with a population of at least 652,600 residents. It has been the site of large anti-government protests and violence since 2011.
Syria's western border with Lebanon is also starting to blur as the war spreads into Beirut, due in large part to Shiite Hezbollah coming to the aid of the Syrian regime.
The villages that dot the valleys and terraced hills of Syria's northwest used to epitomize the country's diversity. Each one was dominated by a different religion or sect. The settlements ...
The radical Sunni Muslim group has seized many towns and cities in both Syria and Iraq since last year. Here's an animated map showing its gains since the start of 2013.
Tracking the front lines in the fighting may become easier. The Carter Center has launched a new web-based tool that shows in near real time which groups control what areas of Syria. The tool ...
As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country's northwest late last year, officials from several countries backing either the rebels or Syria’s government met ...
The villages that dot the valleys and terraced hills of Syria's northwest used to epitomise the country's diversity. Each one was dominated by a different religion or sect. The settlements ...