The leader of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group has toured the seized city of Aleppo in a surprise visit, for the first time since the group captured large parts of the city last weekend, as ...

Turkey wants to see an end to armed Kurdish presence close to its border and the return of millions of Syrian refugees ...

Israeli forces intensified their assault on Gaza on Wednesday, with tanks advancing into Khan Younis and airstrikes killing ...

Hama is crucial for Assad and the army needs to safeguard the city to stop the Islamist-led rebels from advancing towards ...

The Middle East never loses its capacity to surprise. This week the surprises are from Syria, where the embers of the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a difficult week as Syria's government collapses, Russian military bases are overrun ...

Syrian forces are battling insurgents just north of the strategic central city of Hama where they are attempting to advance ...

With Syrian rebels having taken control of Aleppo, there are questions about what is next for Syria and the many actors with stakes there.

In less than a week, rebels have doubled territory under their control, according to Charles Lister, head of the Syria ...

President Putin’s fledgling Mediterranean flotilla may have to retreat to ports in Libya and Algeria or to the Baltic.

The rebels have set their sights on an area where President Bashar al-Assad’s government has long maintained strength.

If the insurgents seize the city of Hama, the coastal cities of Tartous and Latakia could be isolated from the rest of the ...