Syria's key ally Russia is carrying out air strikes ... Assad has vowed to "crush" the rebels and accused Western powers of trying to redraw the map of the region.

Languages: English. Israeli forces have reportedly advanced deep into southern Syria, reaching approximately 16 miles southwest of Damascus, two regional security officials and a Syrian security ...

Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria have announced an agreement with the transitional government in Damascus to evacuate ...

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 ...

Israeli fighter jets have launched hundreds of airstrikes, while soldiers have seized a buffer zone and captured military posts in territory formerly under Syrian control. The Syrian Observatory ...

The maps below provide a day-by-day overview of territorial control. Before November 27, Syrian opposition forces were mostly confined to their stronghold in the northwestern governorate of Idlib ...

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 ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces that have made it so unstable. Syria’s cities are among the oldest in the world, but the concept of Syria as a country ...

Syrian opposition fighters say they’ve taken ... calling them “the heaviest strikes” in the area in more than a decade. The map below shows the territorial control of various groups as ...