the Syrian government is deploying large reinforcements in an attempt to halt the rebels’ momentum. In a sign of escalating ...
Syria's government has rejected reports that President Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus as insurgents opposing his regime continue their lightning offensive. Opposition forces reached the outskirts ...
Hezbollah to deploy 2,000 fighters to Syria as rebels advance on key citiesLebanon's Hezbollah has sent 2,000 fighters to ...
Syrian rebels said they've seized a key southwestern city close to the border with Jordan and claimed to be closing in on the ...
Assad, Syria's president since 2000, survived a civil war with Russian and Iranian support but never fully defeated rebels.
The longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is facing threats from rebellions on multiple fronts and his key ally, Iran, is paring back support.
Thousands of people were fleeing fighting amid a dramatic escalation in Syria's civil war, which had simmered without major ...
The Syrian army withdrew from much of southern Syria on Saturday, leaving more areas of the country, including two provincial ...
President Bashar al-Assad used Russian and Iranian firepower to beat back rebel forces during years of civil war but never ...
Rebel gains have left foreign powers scrambling to secure their interests while President Bashar al-Assad faces his most ...
Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said insurgents are now active in the Damascus suburbs of Maadamiyah, Jaramana and Daraya.
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syrian rebels pressed their lightning advance on Saturday, saying they had seized most of the south, ...