Map: Where is Syria and how are its neighbours involved ... Israel seized the territory from Syria in the closing stages of the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed it in 1981.

Before this December, Syria had largely been forgotten by the world. Initially, the 2011 revolution, which quickly morphed into a bloody civil war, grabbed headlines – first through revolt ...

2024 saw the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the escalation of the war in Ukraine, the sudden reignition of the Syrian civil war ...

A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups.

Reported Control of Terrain in Syria (as of December 8, 2024; map and legend courtesy of the Institute for the Study of War) While many unknowns remain, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has begun ...

(AP Photo) This is a locator map for Syria with its capital ... crimes against humanity and genocide since Syria’s civil war began in 2011. Petit highlighted the urgency of preserving documents and ...

During the war, the Kurds were able to establish an effectively autonomous, self-administered area in northeastern Syria, as they did in northern Iraq. Syria has almost 3 million Kurds.

Syria's revolution began in 2011, largely in response to abuses committed under Assad and his father, Hafez. Upwards of ...