A visual guide to the latest developments after Syrian rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad 13 years after the start of ...
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 ...
The collapse of the Assad regime has fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed groups now jostling for control and ...
The country is deeply divided along religious and ethnic lines, which makes continuing violence one likely scenario.
While the main opposition forces have seized Damascus, the rest of Syria is under the control of numerous other factions.
The Sykes-Picot Agreement, which divided the Middle East between the British and French, has led to an uneasy rumbling in the ...
A rebel advance on Homs, 40 km (24 miles) south of Hama, could cut Damascus off from the coastal region, an area where Assad ...
Baghdad appeared concerned that the conflict could spill over to Iraq. It has reasons to believe this, because when ISIS was on the rise in Syria, it rapidly took over a swath of Iraq – leading ...