Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. For years, the Islamist ...

Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His army outpost in ...

If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up. The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria by a coalition of ...

Shortly before Sunni Islamist-led rebels swept into the Syrian capital, Iran-backed guards fled their positions at the gates ...

As more than five decades of Assad family rule come to an end, Syrians are cautiously paving a way forward. As the year draws ...

For more than half a century, the Assad dynasty appeared to have an impregnable hold over Syria. Relying on a formidable security apparatus, brutal use of force, and powerful allies such as Russia, ...

The Assad regime suddenly and dramatically fell Sunday after 13 years of brutal war. Here's a brief background.

The U.S. and its partners want to ensure the Islamic State can’t fill the leadership void following President Bashar Assad’s ...

Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed over 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to local health officials. They say ...

Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed over 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to local health officials. They say ...

According to Israel’s N12 television channel, 350 Israeli fighter jets have hit 320 strategic facilities of the Assad army over the day ...

Islamic State militants seized large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014, declaring a caliphate. The U.S. gathered a coalition of ...