Security sources have stated that Israeli forces in Syria have reached the southern city of Qatana, around 16 miles from ...

While the main opposition forces have seized Damascus, the rest of Syria is under the control of numerous other factions.

The collapse of the Assad regime has fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed groups now jostling for control and international players anxious to preserve their regional interests.

After taking Syria's second city Aleppo at the end of November, the rebels continued their offensive, moving south to take control of the city of Hama last Thursday. The advance continued at pace ...

Israeli fighter jets have launched hundreds of airstrikes, while soldiers have seized a buffer zone and captured military posts in territory formerly under Syrian control. The Syrian Observatory ...

The stunning fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria thrusts several rebel groups and foreign powers into the spotlight as they vie for control and influence. There are Turkish-backed rebels ...

The removal of Bashar al-Assad has reignited Western and Eastern plans to control Syria’s oil and gas resources.

For more than a decade, Syria’s multi-front civil war had raged, leaving the country divided and scarred. And for most of that time, the fighting showed little sign of stopping. Then, within a ...

Syria’s new government is facing backlash after announcing changes to the school curriculum, including introducing what some ...

Map: Where is Syria and how are its neighbours involved ... Israel also says it has temporarily seized control of a demilitarized buffer zone in the Golan Heights, saying the 1974 disengagement ...

In just two weeks, Syrian rebels have swept from their enclave in the north west to capture a string of major cities, before reaching the capital Damascus and toppling President Bashar al-Assad 13 ...