After enduring conflicts on multiple fronts in recent months, Israel now faces heightened concerns about potential spillover ...

But it also fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed factions now jostling for control, and international players anxious to preserve their regional interests amid the chaos. Here's a map ...

The rebels’ rapid advance from their strongholds in northern Syria has seen them take the strategic cities of Aleppo, Hama and Homs, as government forces melted away. Earlier, rebels said they ...

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The Syrian war has torn the nation apart over ... which only the most important could be represented on the map). They surround now the most important cities of the North and are controlling ...