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.

Syrian rebels captured Hama, a strategic central city they had never managed to seize before. It was a major victory in their week-old advance across northern Syria. The insurgents said they were ...

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 ...

This document will map these four principal entities ... operated primarily in the Idlib region and northern Syria. They operate under the directives of the local rebel administration, known ...

Russia potentially losing bases in Syria would significantly affect Russia's ability to operate in Africa, said the ISW think tank.

Kaja Kallas, EU foreign policy chief, has warned of a potential extremist resurgence in Syria, while Anthony Blinken, US secretary of state, called for “credible, inclusive” governance in Syria so ...

A main road in the provincial capital of Quneitra in southern Syria was blocked with mounds of dirt, fallen palm trees and a ...

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 ...

A journalists' association says two journalists working for Kurdish media outlets were killed in northern Syria while covering fighting between Turkish-backed fighters and Syrian Kurdish militia.

By Lara Jakes and Eric Schmitt Lara Jakes and Eric Schmitt have written extensively about the conflicts in Syria. Battles between Kurdish and Turkish-backed fighters in northern Syria threatened ...