The capture of Aleppo by rebels, Syria’s second-largest city, has been a big change in the more than decade-long conflict, as ...

Islamist rebels have been advancing through large swathes of the country's north-west in the past week, threatening the rule ...

Two rebel groups are leading the push. One is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ( HTS ), which emerged from al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate.

The belligerents are the last survivors of Syria’s hugely destructive civil war, which began in 2011 as another Arab Spring revolution, with antigovernment protesters demanding Assad leave.

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

A group of Syrian journalists headed toward Hama were hit by an airstrike, killing photographer Anas Alkharboutli.

Syria holds strategic importance for Moscow and Tehran, which have both bolstered Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime at ...

Analysis: The crisis could allow Turkey to advance two long-held goals: the mass return of Syrian refugees and eliminating ...

Syrian rebels battled government forces and allied militia on Wednesday in villages north and east of Hama, a major city ...

Syria’s state news agency reports Syrian troops backed by Syrian and Russian warplanes are fighting fierce battles in the central Hama province, as rebels seek to build on their surprise takeover of ...

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 ...

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