Syrian civil war reignites as Islamist militants make significant territorial gains, challenging Assad regime's control.

Intense airstrikes overnight drove Syrian rebels back from the edge of Hama, a major city whose fall would pile pressure on ...

Syrian government forces launched a counterattack against Islamist-led rebels around the key city of Hama on Wednesday after ...

The Syrian army was locked in fierce battles with Islamist-led insurgents in Hama province on Wednesday as President Bashar al-Assad's embattled regime scrambled to halt a rebel advance on the ...

Iranian foreign minister has said that the country is ready to send troops to Syria and is awaiting official request from ...

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

The Syrian Army has claimed that Russia-backed airstrikes hit the operations room of the HTS rebels in the last 24 hours.

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

Jolani's and his Islamic militant group Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham have reinvigorated the rebellion against Syria's Bashar al-Assad.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rebels were "now at the gates of Hama city" and that fighters had shelled ...

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The rebel groups fighting in Syria’s 13-year-long war are a complex patchwork of fighters, focused on battling against ...