Even as Israel bombarded Syria, officials say the U.S. and Gulf countries were working to weaken its president’s alliance ...

Syrian forces are battling insurgents just north of the strategic central city of Hama where they are attempting to advance ...

The Greek Orthodox of Aleppo in Syria are on edge after the city was captured by the jihadist rebel group Hayat Tahrir ...

Years of war and a powerful earthquake had led to crushing poverty, displacement and breakdowns in services. But over the ...

Over the past dozen years, Syrian militant leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani has worked to remake his image and the insurgency he ...

The Middle East is today more repressive than it was in 2010. The authoritarian regimes that have emerged since 2011 have ...

The shock capture of Aleppo by Syrian forces opposed to Bashar al-Assad in recent days has dealt a humiliating blow to the ...

Syrian rebels' capture of Aleppo from President Bashar al-Assad has brought the Syrian civil war back into focus, jolting ...

The rebel coalition consists of "well-established armed Islamist factions who, despite their differences, are united in ...

Syrian rebel forces arrived at the gates of the key city of Hama on Tuesday, as their fighting with the military sparked "a ...

Islamist rebels in Syria are taking the fight to the Assad regime. Still, the strongman's grip on power isn't under threat.

Since the Syrian civil war began, around 2012, approximately 6.9 million people have been internally displaced, and an additional 6.8 million are refugees, mainly in Turkey and Jordan — and Lebanon, ...