The shock capture of Aleppo by Syrian forces opposed to Bashar al-Assad in recent days has dealt a humiliating blow to the ...

In just a few days, a patchwork of rebel forces has seized control of a broad stretch of land in the west and northwest of ...

Iran and Russia, both stretched by conflicts of their own, have experienced setbacks in Syria after a rebel offensive in the ...

Russia is sending private mercenaries to Syria to reinforce its troops, possibly its so-called Africa Corps, the Ukrainian ...

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

For all practical purposes, the Syrian civil war had never ended. But an unusual confluence of global conflicts has helped ...

The rebel groups fighting in Syria’s 13-year-long war are a complex patchwork of fighters, focused on battling against ...

Syrian government forces and their Russian allies are battling to hold back the offensive, with Russia launching airstrikes ...

As Syrian and Russian jets continue pounding targets, two airstrikes hit a group of four hospitals and the health directorate ...

As rebels make progress in their fight against Assad's government, Newsweek has mapped the regional approach to the conflict.

Russia has replaced the general in charge of its forces in Syria as rebel forces continue their lightning offensive in the ...

Time and time again the Assad dynasty has survived internal and external challenges and lived to fight another day. But ...