Syria

Opposition forces enter key towns north of Syria's third largest city after taking control of Hama.

Western and Arab states, as well as Israel, would like to see Iran's influence in Syria curtailed, but none wish for a radical Islamist regime to replace ...

A visual guide to the latest developments as advancing Syrian fighters set their sights on Damascus.

Turkey's support of the Syrian opposition not only weakens Assad but targets the Kurdish military stationed in northern Syria across the Turkish border.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration believes the likelihood is increasing that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime collapses amid the lightning rebel ...

Rebel forces in southern Syria have reportedly captured most of the Deraa region - the birthplace of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian government officials and supporters were still asserting the army would hold the line at Hama, even as insurgent fighters were entering the city. Shortly ...

Syrian rebels have captured the strategic and symbolically significant city of Hama. This is why it matters.

It was the first time that opposition forces reach the outskirts of the Syrian capital since 2018, when Syrian troops recaptured the region adjacent to the ...

Biden administration officials, watching the remarkable speed of the Syrian rebel advance, increasingly see the possibility of the regime of Bashar al-Assad ...

The Syrian army has withdrawn from much of the southern region as opposition fighters continue their lightning offensive, making gains in Daraa and Sweida.

He added that opposition fighters on Saturday were also marching from eastern Syria toward the Damascus suburb of Harasta. A commander with the insurgents, ...

Opposition factions overrun government forces and take control of swathes of district outside the capital.

BEIRUT -- Syrian insurgents have reached the suburbs of Damascus as part of a rapidly moving offensive that has seen them take over some of Syria's largest ...

Hassan Abdul-Ghani, an insurgent commander, said fighters were heading from eastern and southern Syria towards Damascus.

Syria's rebel alliance is edging closer to the capital Damascus, after anti-regime forces swept across the country in a lightning offensive.

Syrian opposition groups say they had started to surround Syria's government-held capital Damascus. · Reports say Syrian army has withdrawn from much of the ...

The longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is facing threats from rebellions on numerous fronts as his key ally, Iran, is paring back support.

Syria's army said it was redeploying in two southern provinces Saturday, after a war monitor reported Damascus had lost control of most of Daraa province, ...

Syrian rebel forces on Saturday made major advances in their offensive against Syrian government forces, with reports saying rebels were closing in on the ...

With insurgents closing in on Damscus, questions remain over whether the Assad regime will dig in, and if Hayat Tahrir al-Sham are as moderate as they seem.

Advances by a coalition of opposition groups have abruptly changed the landscape of Syria's civil war after a long stalemate. Here's a closer look at where ...

Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said insurgents are now active in the Damascus ...

There is a "sense of fear" about the days to come as rebels sweep towards Damascus in the face of limited opposition.

In a morning social media post, Republican Donald Trump indicated the US should have 'nothing to do' with Syria's war.

The threats to Homs and Damascus pose an existential danger to the Assad dynasty's five-decade reign over Syria and the continued influence of Iran.

The president-elect signaled during his first administration that he wanted to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday the U.S. should not be involved in the conflict in Syria, where rebel forces are threatening the government of ...

Insurgents gained control after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread as rebels marched on Damascus.

Syrian rebels claim to have captured a fifth city and are closing in on the capital of Damascus as they carry out a lightning-fast offensive that threatens ...

Since about that time, conflict in Syria was static with the rebels largely confined to the Idlib governate, which is adjacent to the Aleppo governate. Clearly, ...

Videos, photos and maps show how Syrian fighters mounted a stunning offensive against the Assad regime, overtaking Aleppo and Hama, and closing in on Homs ...

Syrian opposition fighters said early Sunday local time that they had entered Damascus and residents of the capital reported the sounds of gunfire and ...

President Bashar Assad and his father, Hafez Assad, combined to rule Syria for more than 50 years, always with an iron fist that crushed dissent and relied ...

Two senior Syrian officers told Reuters that Assad fled Damascus, his destination unknown, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said he had ...

Reports from Syria say President Bashar al-Assad has left the country as anti-government forces enter the capital.

Opposition forces declare Syria free of Assad rule as the president reportedly flees the country.

Syrian dictator said jetted off to unknown locale, as thousands celebrate in streets * In 1st since 1974, IDF sets up positions in buffer zone with Syria to ...

The fall of Bashar al-Assad was unthinkable just a week ago, when rebels started their astonishing campaign from their base in Idlib, in Syria's north-west.

Syrian rebels seized Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad's regime collapsed in the face of the insurgents' stunning offensive across the country.

The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has reportedly left Syria after rebels completed a stunning advance on the capital.

Syrian rebels appear to have entered the capital Damascus after facing scant resistance from regime forces, as President Bashar al-Assad's decades-long grip ...

Israel takes up posts in area for the first time since 1974; IDF said to strike chemical weapons sites in Damascus, Hezbollah convoy fleeing to Lebanon.

The Israeli army said Saturday its troops were assisting UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights in repelling an attack "by armed individuals", while the ...

IDF Helps Defend UN Post in Syria: The IDF said on December 7 that it assisted the United Nations in “repelling” an attack by armed gunmen on a UN post in ...

The Syrian government collapsed early Sunday, falling to a lightning rebel offensive that seized control of the capital of Damascus and sent crowds into the ...

After more than a year of relentless conflict in the Middle East, the stunning capitulation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime will go down in the ...

Opposition forces have taken control of the capital after a significant offensive. Here is how it unravelled.

The defense forces of the Russia and Iran-backed Assad government have been struggling to stave off the lightning advance of rebel forces.

Opposition fighters' lightning advance into the capital marks a historic turning point for the country.

Syria's iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his ...

The long rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is over, after rebels swept into the capital Damascus. The fighters declared the city “liberated” in a ...

Syrians poured out into the streets across Syria and around the world, jubilant at the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule. Al Jazeera spoke to six people who ...

On this historic day for Syria and the Syrian people, France welcomes the fall of Bachar al-Assad and his regime on 8 December 2024, after more (…)

Rebel fighters have captured the Syrian capital of Damascus, effectively toppling the Assad regime that has been in power in the country since 1971.

News and Press Release in English on Syrian Arab Republic about Protection and Human Rights; published on 8 Dec 2024 by ICRC.

Israeli forces also bomb weapons depots in southern Syria and the capital Damascus, Israeli media reports.

Responding to the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following the seizure of power by opposition forces in the capital city of Damascus, ...

An Israeli soldier walks past tanks deployed near the Israel-Syria border in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on December 8, 2024. Jalaa Marey/AFP/Getty ...

'No one party or sect should feel unsafe,' says Qatari foreign ministry, as states meet to assess collapse of Assad regime.

President Bashar al-Assad's regime has fallen in Syria, almost 14 years after an uprising against it began and more than half a century after his father ...

Toppled president came to power keen to show he was different to his father but proved to be as repressive.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stresses importance of national unity and sovereignty after fall of Bashar al-Assad gov't.

On January 21, 1994, Basil al-Assad was killed in what the Syrian government described as a car accident. According to official dispatches, he had been driving ...

President Bashar Assad and other officials left Syria, their whereabouts unknown, after negotiations with rebel groups, Russia's Foreign Ministry claimed ...

The rebel coalition that has stormed into the Syrian capital, forcing the departure of Assad after 13 years of horrendously costly civil war, had prepared ...

With the fall of Damascus, Iran can longer deny that its political and military 'axis of resistance' has collapsed.

Hafez and his son Bashar killed countless people over five decades and oversaw the country's descent into kleptocracy.

As reports continued to emerge from the Syrian capital, Damascus, where opposition forces declared victory overnight on State television, the UN chief said in a ...

Ex-president has not been pictured since he vowed to 'crush' rebels a week ago and his location is unclear.

Russia has granted the al-Assad family asylum on 'humanitarian grounds', Russian news agencies report.

A Syrian herself, Lina Sinjab says this is the first time she's entered the country "without fear of detention".

PM Netanyahu said the 1974 disengagement agreement had "collapsed" with the rebel takeover of Syria.

Crowds of people waved the Syrian revolutionary flag and pulled down statues and portraits of the president and his father, Hafez, while celebratory gunfire and ...

Biden praises, warns of uncertainty as analysts question his administration's years-long deprioritisation of Syria.

The private residence of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was ransacked after rebels took over the capital, forcing him to flee the country.

Insurgents control the capital Damascus, President Bashar Assad has fled into hiding, and for the first time after 50 years of his family's iron hand, ...

The HTS chief has evolved from jihadist leader to rebel statesman while fighting to overthrow Bashar al-Assad.

Israeli ground forces have overtly crossed into Syrian territory for the first time since the 1973 October War, passing the demilitarized border zone, ...

After 13 years of war, Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria has been defeated. What comes next? How the Assad regime collapsed slowly, then all at once.

CNN's Nic Robertson looks back at deposed former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's more than two decades of brutal leadership that ultimately brought about ...

Coverage of the extraordinary events in Syria have filled the front pages in the UK, US and Australia.