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On Dec. 8, Syrian rebels entered Damascus, ending the Assad family’s 54-year rule and ostensibly the first phase of the Syrian Civil War. Beginning in the Spring of 2011 after a violent ...
From how Syria got embroiled in a bloody civil war in the first place to why the U.S. is getting involved now, here's everything you need to know about Syria, but were too afraid to ask.
Russia announced Wednesday that Syria’s foreign minister will visit Moscow, the first official visit to Russia by an official in the new government in Damascus since former Syrian President Bashar ...
More information: Rana B. Khoury et al, Civil Organizing in War: Evidence from Syrian Facebook Communities, Perspectives on Politics (2024). DOI: 10.1017/S1537592724001907 ...
Sectarian violence in southern Syria is shattering hopes for a united country among the country's Druze minority ...
As Syria emerges from the devastation of a 13-year civil war and more than 50 years of authoritarian rule, there are signs of ...
Even knottier is the question of the U.S.-backed Kurdish groups that have carved out an autonomous enclave early in Syria’s civil war, never fully siding with the Assad government or the rebels ...
An explosion in northern Syria's Idlib province has killed at least six people and injured dozens more. The Syrian Civil ...
Syrian government forces have used chemical weapons – probably nerve gas – in their fight against rebels trying to force out President Bashar al-Assad, the Israeli military’s top ...
If the rebels used them, the escalation in tactics indicates that the war is about to become even bloodier. (MORE: Viewpoint: Aleppo Gas Attack Shows How Little We Know About Syria’s Civil War) ...