Russia already had a decades-long relationship with the Assad government, and had military bases there before the civil war.

Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the ...

The north-west is dominated by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), but Turkish-backed rebel factions - ...

The weight of historical interventions and non-interventions in the region hangs heavy on Western leaders' minds ...

Syrians are celebrating the fall of the Assad regime after more than five decades of bloody and repressive dictatorship.

ActionAid’s partners in north-west Syria have been forced to suspend their humanitarian work amid violent clashes that have ...

Thirteen days ago, the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied rebel factions launched a major ...

The jihadi rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad say they want to build a unified, inclusive country ...

In the week since hostilities escalated, ActionAid’s partner, Violet, which operates emergency ambulance services across ...

Last month, the UN special envoy for Syria warned that the wars in Gaza and Lebanon appeared to be “catalysing conflict in north-west Syria in a dangerous manner”. Geir Pedersen said HTS had ...

Bashar Al Assad ’s in-laws left their west London home and fled the UK as rebel forces in Syria moved towards Damascus, ...