Iran has started to evacuate military commanders from Syria, in a sign that the regime is losing faith in Bashar al-Assad’s ability to hold back a rebel uprising. Tehran has sent commanders and ...

Iran will weigh sending troops to Syria if President Bashar Al-Assad requested such a move to stop a rebel advance that’s causing the biggest threat to his rule in years.

U.S. bases in Syria expanded prior to the fall of Assad's regime, as the presence of American troops in Damascus doubled, to 2,000, according to Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Pat Ryder.

Iran has begun to evacuate some of its diplomats and military officials from Syria, the New York Times reports, citing sources. According to the newspaper, ...

Anti-government rebels in northern Syria have launched a sudden offensive in an effort to capitalize on Israel’s efforts to weaken Iran’s regional proxies.

American troops fighting Iran-backed militias in Syria, primarily focused on preventing an ISIS resurgence, have managed to keep their fight separate from the ongoing insurgency against President ...

There were no reports of US casualties from the missile launch, which came days after the US bombed Iran nuke sites.

The withdrawal marks the demise of a yearslong effort in which Tehran used Syria as a hub in its regional strategy to spread influence and wage proxy war against the U.S. and Israel.

In 2016, the U.S. had troops in Syria after the fall of ISIS who were part of ongoing “stability operations” designed to win over locals before Iran could. Cook, who went to Syria in 2018 ...

The U.S. military has about 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria across a number of bases, mostly in the northeast. The troops are working with local forces to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State, which ...

Tens of thousands of U.S. troops are within Iran’s striking distance should Iran decide to retaliate after President Trump ordered the bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday. More ...

WASHINGTON − The Pentagon has at least 40,000 reasons to worry about the aftermath of the attack on Iran. That’s the rough number of U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East, in bases from ...