Time and time again the Assad dynasty has survived internal and external challenges and lived to fight another day. But nothing lasts forever.

The loss of Aleppo to Islamist rebels represents a stunning defeat for the Syrian regime, highlighting its dependence on enfeebled allies.

Thousands of Syrian insurgents fanned out inside Aleppo in vehicles with improvised armor and pickups, deploying to landmarks such as the old citadel on Saturday, a day after they entered Syria's largest city facing little resistance from government troops,

BEIRUT—Syria’s antigovernment rebels claimed a stunning advance into Aleppo, a major symbolic and strategic prize, in a setback for the government in Damascus and its allies Russia and Iran.Islamist-led insurgents poured into Aleppo two days after launching an unexpected strike from the country’s rebel-held northwest and eight years after the city fell to forces loyal to the government of Bashar al-Assad at the end of a long siege.

The lightning assault on Aleppo by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham abruptly redrew the front lines of Syria’s civil war.

Israeli aircraft struck Hezbollah weapons smuggling sites along Syria's border with Lebanon, the Israeli military said Saturday, testing a fragile, days-old ceasefire that has seen continued sporadic fire.

The Israeli military says its aircraft struck Hezbollah weapons smuggling sites along Syria’s border with Lebanon

Israeli military jets hit alleged Hezbollah weapons smuggling sites near the border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, according to officials, who allege the Lebanese militant group violated a ceasefire agreement.