most of the Syrian civilians were trapped — unable to move forward or go back through roads controlled by the Syrian regime ...

it lies at the crossroads of the north-south highway that connects Aleppo and Damascus and the east-west highway that connects the desert and the Mediterranean Sea. Bassam Barabandi, a former ...

Fighters from the Islamic State killed 54 Syrian soldiers who had fled to the desert after the fall of ... announced the capture of Damascus early on Sunday morning. The Assad family, which ...

Rebel forces in Syria reached the suburbs of Damascus on Saturday, marking what the jihadist-backed groups called the “final phase” of their offensive against the government as protesters in ...

Assad, who has ruled the country with an iron fist for 24 years, boarded a plane and left Damascus for parts unknown, two senior army officers told Reuters. A rebel fighter gestures in Homs ...

Bathed in the glow of the winter sun, the colonnades of ancient Palmyra are perhaps Syria’s most precious sight.

Damascus residents were seen celebrating in footage published on December 8 as rebels declared they had captured the city. “We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad ...

Syrian rebels have declared the capital Damascus “liberated” after entering the city to scant resistance from regime forces, while claiming President Bashar al-Assad has fled the capital ...