The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

2024 saw the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the escalation of the war in Ukraine, the sudden reignition of the Syrian civil war ...

When the lightning campaign by Syrian rebels toppled the decades-long rule of Bashar al-Assad’s family, Syrians around the world celebrated. Now the question for many was whether to return to ...

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 ...

If you have a mental map of the Middle East ... The same could happen in Syria. Al-Golani, like the rest of the world, is absorbing the magnitude of his victory. How he governs will decisively ...