Assad, Syria and Damascus

Alone and broke against a renewed insurgency, Bashar Assad's hold on power faces its stiffest test in a decade.
Biden administration officials, watching the remarkable speed of the Syrian rebel advance, increasingly see the possibility ...
Insurgents took control of a town almost 1km away from the country’s largest military academy in Homs as more areas in the ...
Jolani, the Islamist rebel heading an offensive moving toward Damascus, said the operation was a long time coming.
Khalidi and Parisa Hafezi BEIRUT/AMMAN/DUBAI (Reuters) -Syrian rebel forces said on Friday their lightning advance reached ...
Middle East watchers say the best hope for Israel is that two of its enemies weaken but don’t destroy each other.
The rebels’ gains prompted Lebanon and Jordan to close border crossings and Iran to begin withdrawing personnel from Syria.