Following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's government, Israeli troops moved into the demilitarised zone inside Syria created after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, including the Syrian side of the ...

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 ...

An offensive by opposition forces in Syria is redrawing the map of areas controlled by the rebels, despite Russian-backed ...

Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes in Syria since December 2024, averaging one every three to four days.

Will Syria be different? If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up. The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria by a coalition of Islamist fighters changes everything.

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 ...

The Israeli army says two rockets have been fired from Syria into open areas in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights.

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 ...