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 ...

The flag of the Syrian Arab Republic led by Bashar al-Assad of the Ba'ath Party is split into three horizontal bands — known ...

The rapid fall of Syria’s autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad, this past weekend was one of the most consequential developments ...

Syria, with a population of about 22 million people, is located on the east coast of the Mediterranean sea. It borders Turkey to the north, Lebanon and Israel to the west and southwest ...

Iraq to the east and Jordan to the south. Turkey, Western powers and several Gulf Arab states have backed varying elements of the Syrian opposition to varying degrees during the conflict. The ...

In just two weeks, Syrian rebels have swept from their enclave in the north west to capture a string of major cities, before reaching the capital Damascus and toppling President Bashar al-Assad 13 ...

Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule has ended, Syrian rebels have said in their first announcement on state television ...

Bashar al-Assad, the butcher of Damascus, fled to Moscow and was granted asylum on “humanitarian grounds” after rebels took ...

The Lebanese militant group has been an important Assad ally, alongside Russia and Iran. Turkey ... of Iran, Iraq and Syria met in Baghdad, where Syria's Bassam al-Sabbagh accused the government's ...

It borders Turkey to the north, Lebanon and Israel to the west and southwest, Iraq ... Syrian opposition to varying degrees during the conflict. The Lebanon-based Hezbollah movement, backed by ...