Middle East watchers say the best hope for Israel is that two of its enemies weaken but don’t destroy each other.
Syrian rebels captured the city of Hama on Thursday, a major victory in a week-old lightning advance across northern ...
The fall of Syria's second city, Aleppo, to Islamist-led rebels has brought flight and displacement for some, but for others ...
The rebel coalition consists of "well-established armed Islamist factions who, despite their differences, are united in ...
However, much has changed in the years since Putin's intervention in Syria's civil war. The Russian president's invasion of ...
The surprise offensive on Aleppo by Syrian rebel groups has left the US in the difficult position of not fully supporting ...
At least 300 fighters, primarily from Iraq's Badr and Nujabaa groups, crossed late on Sunday using a dirt road to avoid the ...
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Syria's civil war has taken a dramatic turn, with dictator Bashar Assad once again leaning on Russian support after a shock ...
A Syrian photographer working for the German press agency DPA has been killed in an airstrike in the Hama countryside, where ...