Security sources have stated that Israeli forces in Syria have reached the southern city of Qatana, around 16 miles from ...

A rebel advance on Homs, 40 km (24 miles) south of Hama, could cut Damascus off from the coastal region, an area where Assad ...

A visual guide to the latest developments after Syrian rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad 13 years after the start of ...

As rebels make progress in their fight against Assad's government, Newsweek has mapped the regional approach to the conflict.

A patchwork of rebel forces has seized control of a broad stretch of western and northwestern Syria. It’s unclear how much ...

Bashar Assad instead became a doctor in the 1980s and was studying in London to be an ophthalmologist in the early 1990s. But ...

As many in Syria celebrated the end of the long rule of Bashar al-Assad, rumors swirled about his whereabouts. After a day of ...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Monday branded an Islamist-led offensive that has captured swathes of territory an ...

One report indicates ousted dictator was killed in plane crash, another hints he departed Russian base on aircraft; Syrian ...

Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) fighters are advancing on the Kurdish-majority city of Kobane in northern Syria, ...

Around the world, leaders are also scrambling to navigate the promises – and perils – of a new Syria. Israel and Turkey moved ...