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President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials ...
The cities of Homs and Hama, two of Syria's largest by population, were also captured by HTS over the course of the campaign, alongside Idlib, under its control since 2017.
Between October 7, 2023, and October 18, 2024, Israel, Hezbollah, and other Lebanese groups exchanged more than 13,600 ...
Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces that have made it so unstable. Syria’s cities are among the oldest in the world, but the concept of Syria as a country ...
"Map of situation in Syria from @rr0162," posted the X account Peter Corless, "incredible changes to the landscape not seen in years." However, the Syrian government has responded with force.
The stunning fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria thrusts several rebel groups and foreign powers into the spotlight as they vie for control and influence. There are Turkish-backed rebels and ...
The map highlights Damascus, the capital city of Syria, as well as the surrounding cities of Sahnaya, Jaramana, and Maaloula. It also locates the region of Sweida in the south. TURKEY ...
This depressing map shows where 1.187 million internally displaced peoples (IDPs) in Syria fled from and to in the first half of 2015. The map, compiled by humanitarianresponse.info based on ...
Twelve years ago, protesters dared to take to the streets of Syria to protest against the country’s government and its president, Bashar al-Assad. The protests quickly took on a revolutionary ...
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Dalia Dassa Kaye, a political scientist at UCLA's Burkle Center, about the consequences of normalizing relations with Syria. Some Arab countries want to do so.
Syria War Map Shows Who Controls Country's Regions. Published Dec 09, 2024 at 12:48 PM EST. By . ... As various factions compete for control of the areas surrounding Damascus, ...