said people were terrified they would see a repeat of the Russian-led bombing that killed thousands of people before driving out rebels a decade ago. Syrian troops who had withdrawn from the city ...

Rebels in Syria launched a large-scale attack on Assad government forces, storming a military base and seizing control of swaths of territory ... comes as Israel has intensified its strikes ...

The surprise rebel offensive is, in part, a consequence of new wars that have erupted outside Syria’s borders, leaving Assad’s allies—Iran, Russia and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia ...

Russian warplanes have intensified their strikes on rebel-held ... on a pocket of territory near Aleppo that was controlled by a Kurdish-led militia alliance, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

The last rebel-held town in the Eastern Ghouta region outside Syria's capital ... 80,000 civilians had fled on foot to government-held territory in Damascus, as troops made dramatic advances ...

Rebels in Syria posted footage showing a gunfight at the Aleppo Central Prison north of the city on December 2. On November 30, Al-Askare said Syrian rebels had taken control of cities and towns ...

In a speech in Tehran, Esbati accused Russia of bombing an empty desert instead of hitting Syrian rebels. While difficult to verify, his frank remarks are notable since Russia is one of Iran's ...

seizing government-held territory and capturing Damascus on Sunday. Assad fled Syria as the Islamist-led rebels swept into the capital, bringing a spectacular end to five decades of brutal rule by ...

automation In a stunning turn, the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appears to have fallen after rebels advanced into ... region and seize swaths of territory in the Levant region.

His visit came as leaders of the rebel group that ousted al-Assad and has taken power in Syria say they do not want a conflict with Israel — but that the Israelis need to stop bombing inside ...

Assad long relied on allies to subdue the rebels. Russian warplanes conducted bombing while Iran sent allied forces including Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iraqi militia to reinforce the Syrian military ...

Which is to say: Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah—Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s main allies, which have kept him in power for the past decade by helping him bomb, strafe, and otherwise crush a variety ...