There are Turkish-backed rebels and Sunni Muslim jihadists in the north, Kurds ruling over much of Syria’s east, and ...

The collapse of the Assad regime has fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed groups now jostling for control and ...

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

CNN mapped how rebel groups captured several key cities, cutting off pro-regime forces and successfully toppling Assad’s ...

Israeli fighter jets have launched hundreds of airstrikes, while soldiers have seized a buffer zone and captured military ...

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 ...

An offensive by opposition forces in Syria is redrawing the map of areas controlled by the rebels, despite Russian-backed airstrikes by President Bashar al-Assad and his government forces on the ...

In just two weeks, Syrian rebels have swept from their enclave in the north west to capture a string of major cities, before reaching the capital Damascus and toppling President Bashar al-Assad 13 ...

Data as of Dec. 3, 2024. On Nov. 26, Syrian rebels launched a surprise offensive, attacking from areas to the north and northwest of Aleppo. They swept into the city on Nov. 29-30, forcing out ...

The fall of the Assad government in Syria took almost everybody by surprise and has created uncertainty for competing foreign interests that had established lines of control most assumed were ...