Why it matters: The rapid advance of the rebels — who captured the city of Hama on Thursday, days after taking Aleppo — could ...
The rebel group H.T.S. was born as an Islamic State branch. But since pivoting from international jihad, it became dominant ...
Middle East watchers say the best hope for Israel is that two of its enemies weaken but don’t destroy each other.
A Syrian photographer working for the German press agency DPA has been killed in an airstrike in the Hama countryside, where ...
Even as Israel bombarded Syria, officials say the U.S. and Gulf countries were working to weaken its president’s alliance ...
Syria's civil war has taken a dramatic turn, with dictator Bashar Assad once again leaning on Russian support after a shock ...
A group of Syrian journalists headed toward Hama were hit by an airstrike, killing photographer Anas Alkharboutli.
A historian explains why U.S. sanctions and Iran and Russia’s entanglements in other wars helped create an opening for rebel ...