Thousands of Syria’s Jews left in recent decades. But after Assad’s ouster and easing of sanctions, they can now reconnect ...

After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the ...

1. Entry into a post-Assad Syria As soon as news of Bashar al-Assad 's ouster broke – and with the main airport at Damascus still out of action – I began making plans for how to get into Syria.

At the Al-Rawdah mosque, located in an upscale district of Aleppo and known for having been one of the most pro-al-Assad places of worship, an HTS member has been officiating for the past two weeks.

On November 27, a coalition of opposition fighters launched a massive assault against pro-government forces. The first assault occurred on the front lines between the opposition-held Idlib and the ...

Islamist-led rebels overran Damascus in a lightning assault on Sunday, driving President Bashar al-Assad out of the country and bringing the Assad family's 50-year grip on Syria to a dramatic end.

The first attack came at the front line between opposition-held Idlib and the neighbouring governorate of Aleppo. Three days later, the opposition fighters took Syria’s second-largest city, Aleppo.

The Aleppo souk, with its 4,000 traders, was nearly burned down but has been partially rebuilt. Aleppo's traditional music, Al-Qudoud al-Halabiya, is on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage.

On Saturday, rebels, including many with the U.S.-designated Islamic terrorist group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), took control of the major city of Aleppo in northern Syria.

Eight years ago, Syria’s civil war shifted in President Bashar Al-Assad’s favor after a Russian blitzkrieg on Aleppo helped him regain control over the country’s second biggest city.

(CNN) — Eight years ago, Syria’s civil war shifted in President Bashar Al-Assad’s favor after a Russian blitzkrieg on Aleppo helped him regain control over the country’s second biggest city.