President Donald Trump signed an executive order lifting most US sanctions on Syria this week, cementing a sea change in his ...

The Syrian government has constantly expressed its opposition to the US role in Syria, and demanded US forces withdraw. Al-Assad’s main backer, Russia, has also called for the US to leave.

With the groups reportedly getting closer to the strategic city of Homs, many questions were raised over the Syrian army’s fighting capabilities, and why it has failed to fight off rebel advances.

On Sunday, U.S. Central Command announced that it had recently killed two people linked to Al-Qaeda in Idlib, Syria. One of ...

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad flew out of Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, as rebels said they had infiltrated the capital with no sign of army deployments. Syrian army units ...

A U.S. Army camp at Rumalyn Landing Zone, Syria, on May 1, 2025. ... because conditions are especially ripe in Syria for the United States to pivot to a strategy of over-the-horizon ...

The US operates major military bases across the Middle East in countries like Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. These bases support missions against ISIS, secure regional ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham will no longer be designated as a terrorist group, months after the group swept to power in Syria.

The United States has forces in the northeast and east, backing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Turkey has troops on the ground in the rebel-held northwest.

"Since 2011, Syria's army has faced attrition in manpower, equipment and morale," said David Rigoulet-Roze, a Syria expert at the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs.

A guide to the origins of the Syrian war, the domestic players, and the external parties in the conflict. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Friedman: If the U.S. removed its troops we have in eastern Syria — they’re put there to prevent ISIS from returning — and just walked away, you’ll have a free-for-all. It’ll be Turkey ...