Syrian rebels were closing in on Homs after seizing two other major cities in a lightning offensive that has thrown the future of the Assad regime into question. WSJ explains what we know so far.
Syrian civilians are fleeing the city of Homs as rebel forces march within a few miles of its parameter — a strategic point ...
A Syrian army officer said reinforcements were arriving to help government forces consolidate positions around the city, and ...
STORY: This video is said to show a Russian strike on a bridge that Syrian rebels would use to get to Homs.
A Syrian army ...
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The foreign ministers of Turkey, Iran, and Russia will meet in Doha on Saturday to discuss a lightning rebel advance in Syria ...
Approximately 900 U.S. troops are stationed in Syria, tasked with carrying out operations aimed at countering the Islamic State group.
The Russian embassy in Syria advised its citizens to leave the country "in the light of the difficult military and political ...
If Homs were to fall, it would leave three of the country’s five largest cities in the hands of the forces led by the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
Lebanon said it is closing all land border crossings with Syria except for a main one that links Beirut with the Syrian ...
Iran will send missiles, drones and more advisers to Syria, a senior Iranian official said on Friday as rebel forces advanced ...
Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim ruling parties and armed groups are weighing the pros and cons of armed intervention in Syria, viewing as a grave threat the advance of Sunni Islamist rebels who have taken two ...