Security sources have stated that Israeli forces in Syria have reached the southern city of Qatana, around 16 miles from ...

Assad has fled to Russia and Syria's three biggest cities - Aleppo, Damascus and Homs - are now under the control of the ...

In the early hours of December 8, groups opposing the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ... in the area in more than a decade. The map below shows the territorial control of various ...

Map: Where is Syria and how are its neighbours involved? Syria, with a population of about 22 million people, is located on the east coast of the Mediterranean sea. It borders Turkey to the north ...

In just two weeks, Syrian rebels have swept from their enclave in the north west to capture a string of major cities, before reaching the capital Damascus and toppling President Bashar al-Assad 13 ...

The departure of Bashar al-Assad after 24 years in power has left the Syrian state in disarray, with numerous factions each vying for influence and control over territory, while foreign powers ...

An offensive by opposition forces in Syria is redrawing the map of areas controlled by the rebels, despite Russian-backed airstrikes by President Bashar al-Assad and his government forces on the ...

Syrian and Russian jets have ramped up air raids on Idlib and Aleppo as the government of President Bashar al-Assad tries to slow the advance of opposition fighters. The raids followed big gains ...

Data as of Dec. 3, 2024. On Nov. 26, Syrian rebels launched a surprise offensive, attacking from areas to the north and northwest of Aleppo. They swept into the city on Nov. 29-30, forcing out ...

Bashar Assad instead became a doctor in the 1980s and was studying in London to be an ophthalmologist in the early 1990s. But ...