How Syria Could Be Permanently Ripped Apart, In Two Maps By Jeremy Bender 2014-02-21T18:49:31Z ...

The map from the Institute for Study of War and AEI's Critical Threats Project showed the Israeli army advancing south of Damascus countryside and in Daraa province in southern Syria.

With speculation growing over the nature of U.S. response to the Syrian conflict that has now taken an estimated 100,000 lives, this map shows exactly where the U.S. might attack.

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.

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.

Home News Highlights Spotlights Southern rebels loom large as Syria’s new rulers try to form a national army. Spotlights. Southern rebels loom large as Syria’s new rulers try to form a national army.

Al-Qardaha sits in the middle of Latakia province on Syria’s western Mediterranean coast — a region that is the heartland of the country’s Alawite minority, which includes the Assads.