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 ...
Islamist-led rebels in Syria were attacked by Russian warplanes and forces loyal to president Bashar al-Assad as they ...
The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said early Sunday that Syria’s President Bashar Assad left the country for an ...
Doctor Mehdi Davut smiles as he describes his planned return to his homeland Syria for the first time in eight years to see ...
The rebel coalition consists of "well-established armed Islamist factions who, despite their differences, are united in ...
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 ...
FRONTLINE has been covering the war since it began in 2011, tracing its origins and evolution, its impact on the country’s ...
The leader of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group has toured the seized city of Aleppo in a surprise visit, for the first ...
Assad’s favor after a Russian blitzkrieg on Aleppo helped him regain control over the country’s second biggest city.
The Islamist-led rebels who launched a surprise assault on government-held Aleppo are now at the gates of Homs, after taking ...
Opposition forces swept across the country and entered Damascus with little or no resistance as the Syrian army melted away.