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 Sunday, opposition forces declared Syria had been liberated from the rule of President Bashar al Assad as opposition forces stormed the capital.

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.

Aleppo had been slowly recovering from the wounds inflicted by more than a decade of civil war when forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad fled last week's rebel onslaught. Apart from a ...

This would not have been possible had Hayat Tahrir al-Sham not transformed itself over the last four and a half years. From the March 2020 ceasefire in Syria to last month, Jawlani made concerted ...

Syria's civil war has taken a dramatic turn, with dictator Bashar Assad once again leaning on Russian support after a shock offensive by Islamist rebels in Aleppo.

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.

Government forces have lost control of Syria's second city Aleppo for the first time since the country's civil conflict began, a war monitor said, after a lightning offensive dealt a severe blow ...

Syria’s second-largest city Aleppo has fallen from government control for the first time since the country’s conflict began more than a decade ago, a war monitor said Sunday, after a surprise ...