Syria

Syrian opposition fighters said early Sunday local time that they had entered Damascus and residents of the capital reported the sounds of gunfire and ...

Anti government forces ride past a Syrian regime military vehicle overturned on the road, after rebel took control of the central Hama governorate, on December ...

Syria's rebel alliance is edging closer to the capital Damascus, after anti-regime forces swept across the country in a lightning offensive.

Türkiye, Hezbollah, Iran, and Russia Would Be Fighting Each Other Instead of the United States and Its Allies.

The threats to Homs and Damascus pose an existential danger to the Assad dynasty's five-decade reign over Syria and the continued influence of Iran.

The fall of the city to rebel forces would be another major blow to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as it would isolate Damascus, cutting the city off from the ...

President-elect Donald Trump says the U.S. should avoid engaging militarily in Syria as an insurgent offensive reaches the suburbs of the capital.

President-elect Donald Trump says the U.S. should avoid engaging militarily in Syria, where an opposition offensive is threatening the rule of the country's ...

President Bashar Assad and his father, Hafez Assad, combined to rule Syria for more than 50 years, always with an iron fist that crushed dissent and relied ...

Insurgents gained control after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread as rebels marched on Damascus.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly left Syria after rebel forces completed a stunning advance on the capital.

The president-elect seems to be sending a signal about possible future U.S. policy toward the region.

Advances by a coalition of opposition groups have abruptly transformed the landscape of Syria's civil war. Here's a closer look at where things stand.

Opposition forces declare Syria free of Assad rule as the president reportedly flees the country.

The fall of Bashar al-Assad was unthinkable just a week ago, when rebels started their astonishing campaign from their base in Idlib, in Syria's north-west.

Other Syrians in the northwest said they were playing close attention to the rebels' capture of the Sednaya prison complex outside Damascus because their ...

After several hours of reports of rebels getting closer and closer, the forces declared Damascus "free" of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad in the early hours of ...

Dec 8 (Reuters) - Syria's Bashar al-Assad used Russian and Iranian firepower to beat back rebel forces during years of civil war but never defeated them, ...

After just a few days of rapid advances, the rebels appeared to control Syria's capital. They said they would work with a top official in President Bashar ...

Opposition forces have taken control of the capital after a significant offensive. Here is how it unravelled.

Opposition fighters' lightning advance into the capital marks a historic turning point for the country.

The Syrian government collapsed early Sunday, falling to a lightning rebel offensive that seized control of the capital of Damascus and sent crowds into the ...

Islamist Syrian rebels said they ended Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule, a major blow to Russia and Iran.

Responding to the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following the seizure of power by opposition forces in the capital city of Damascus, ...

On this historic day for Syria and the Syrian people, France welcomes the fall of Bachar al-Assad and his regime on 8 December 2024, after more (…)

After more than 13 years of war, hundreds of thousands of people killed and millions displaced, the 24-year rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is over ...

As opposition fighters take control of Syria's capital, the whereabouts of deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad are unknown.

On January 21, 1994, Basil al-Assad was killed in what the Syrian government described as a car accident. According to official dispatches, he had been driving ...

Israeli forces also bomb weapons depots in southern Syria and the capital Damascus, Israeli media reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria was a “direct result” of Israel's military ...