Over a few days, rebel fighters in northern Syria have launched incursions into several major cities with little resistance ...

The surge in fighting has raised the prospect of another violent front reopening in the Middle East, at a time when ...

Syria’s antigovernment forces claimed a stunning advance into Aleppo, in a setback for the government in Damascus and its ...

The Syrian authorities announced on Saturday a "temporary troop withdrawal" from the city of Aleppo in the country's ...

The insurgent offensive, shocking for its speed, has posed the most serious challenge to President Bashar al-Assad in years.

The rapid advance on Aleppo came just four days into a surprise rebel offensive that is the most intense escalation in years ...

The surprise attack, led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, was the boldest rebel assault for years in the civil war ...

The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebel group in Syria has taken control of much of Aleppo city after local forces withdrew to ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants have taken control of “the majority of the city,” according to The Syrian Observatory of Human ...

A preoccupied Russia and a weakened Iran – the principal backers of President Assad’s regime – have provided rebel groups in ...