By Ben Hubbard Ben Hubbard, The Times’s Istanbul bureau chief, spent more than two weeks traveling through Syria for an article published last month. July 23, 2025, 3:00 a.m. ET Times Insider explains ...

Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then Israel intervened, bombing Damascus.

A short history of Syria, in maps The most influential people, groups and events that shaped Syria’s role in the Middle East ...

Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – charting a nation coming to terms with the end of decades of brutal ...

The dramatic collapse of the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on December 8 has sparked hopes of a fresh start for a country that has endured more than a decade of war. But Syria’s ...

A visual guide to the latest developments after Syrian rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad 13 years after the start of the country's civil war.

The collapse of the Assad regime has fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed groups now jostling for control and international players anxious to preserve their regional interests.

Uncredited/Associated Press 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.

Syria's new leaders vowed to create unity, but also hold to account the people who facilitated a half-century of Assad rule. Those calls for revenge added to the unease of many Syrian minorities ...

CNN mapped how rebel groups captured several key cities, cutting off pro-regime forces and successfully toppling Assad’s regime after 11 days of fighting.

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 ...

Dozens of groups and factions are currently active in Syria, but there are four main ones, each functioning as a meta-coalition. Report.