Fourteen people are on trial, charged with crimes related to an outbreak of sectarian violence under the new government. The ...

During the more than decade-long civil war in Syria, millions were displaced in the country and millions more fled abroad as ...

The sudden downfall of longtime Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the hands of a rapid rebel offensive has brought a dramatic new turn to Syria's nearly 14-year civil war. While opponents of the ...

The Syrian civil war had been relatively quiet in recent years, experiencing only minor skirmishes and no major changes in control. This changed abruptly when rebels took advantage of President ...

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at ongoing civil war in Syria. Facts Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria as president from July 2000-December 2024. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from ...

On Dec. 8, Syrian rebels entered Damascus, ending the Assad family’s 54-year rule and ostensibly the first phase of the ...

MARAAT AL-NUMAN, Syria — A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an underground ...

An Israeli military operation on a Syrian village Friday morning turned into the deadliest attack by a foreign nation on Syria since the ouster of former dictator Bashar al-Assad last year.

A Jaish al-Islam flag found in one of the group's alleged prisons in Eastern Ghouta — STRINGER A Syrian Islamist rebel ex-spokesman went on trial in France on Tuesday under the principle of universal ...

The sudden downfall of longtime Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the hands of a rapid rebel offensive has brought a dramatic new turn to Syria's nearly 14-year civil war. While opponents of the ...

When the civil war began in 2011, there were four main factions of fighting groups throughout the country: Kurdish forces, ISIS, other opposition (such as Jaish al Fateh, an alliance between the Nusra ...