Map: Where is Syria and how are its neighbours involved? Syria, with a population of about 22 million people, is located on the east coast of the Mediterranean sea. It borders Turkey to the north ...

In the early hours of December 8, groups opposing the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ... in the area in more than a decade. The map below shows the territorial control of various ...

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.

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But it also fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed factions now jostling for control, and international players anxious to preserve their regional interests amid the chaos. Here's a map ...

This story appears in the March 2014 issue of National Geographic ... of 2013, Syria’s bloody and complex civil war had displaced some nine million men, women, and children (view map).

As rebels in Syria make new advances against government ... that the Middle East remains divided on the civil war, with local geography playing a significant role in how states reacted.

Will Syria be different? If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up. The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria by a coalition of Islamist fighters changes everything.