After 13 years of civil war, Syria's opposition militias sensed an opportunity to loosen President Bashar al-Assad's grip on ...

Since rebels took Aleppo more than a week ago, its new de facto authorities have been getting on with running Syria's second ...

Tens of thousands of people held in Syria's notorious prisons have been freed in the 10 days since the insurgents began their ...

Islamist-led rebels in Syria were attacked by Russian warplanes and forces loyal to president Bashar al-Assad as they ...

Turkey-backed Syrian opposition groups took control of the northern Syrian town of Manbij from U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish ...

Designated by the U.S. as a terrorist and with a $10 million bounty on his head, Abu Mohammed al-Golani has emerged as the ...

On Nov. 27, the rebels announced a striking initial success: They had overrun a Syrian government base, captured soldiers, taken tanks and seized several villages. “In a matter of about 10 hours,” an ...

After less than two weeks of fighting across Syria’s northwest, rebel groups swiftly seized control of the capital. Their ...

Syrian rebels blitzed across the country from their Idlib holdout in a surprise offensive which began on November 27.

Rebel forces in Syria said they have captured four cities in the past 24 hours and entered the capital Damascus.

Half a century of rule by the Assad family in Syria crumbled with astonishing speed after insurgents burst out of a ...

At the historic Umayyad Mosque in the heart of Damascus, a red, white, black and green flag flies. On the other side of the ...