The Syrian civil war has reignited after four years of docility, with five main players deciding the course of events.

Eight years ago, Syria’s civil war shifted in President Bashar Al-Assad’s favor after a Russian blitzkrieg on Aleppo helped ...

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Fighters from a U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led coalition battled Syrian government forces in northeast Syria early on Tuesday, both sides said, opening a new front for President Bashar al-Assad who lost ...

Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, otherwise known as Bashar Assad’s lifeline in Syria, have bigger fish to fry at the moment.

Nearly 50,000 people have been displaced by the clashes that has killed hundreds, mostly fighters, since the end of November, ...

Opposition activists say Syrian insurgents have captured four new towns, bringing them closer to the central city of Hama.

Turkey’s foreign minister says the recent rapid advance by opposition fighters in Syria shows that the country must reconcile ...

The Syrian military rushed reinforcements to the northwest and launched airstrikes Sunday in an attempt to push back ...

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hundreds of Iran-backed Iraqi fighters crossed into Syria on Monday to help the government fight ...