HTS is an alliance led by al Qaeda's former Syria branch. It's fighting alongside allied factions, with units taking orders from a joint command. Aron Lund of the Century International think tank said: "Aleppo seems to be lost for the regime." He added: "And a government without Aleppo...
The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month have named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country‘s interim president in a push to project a united front as they face the monumental task of rebuilding Syria after nearly 14 yea
The top U.S. commander for the Middle East was in Syria on Tuesday, meeting with the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, at several bases, U.S. Central Command said. Army Gen. Erik Kurilla visited with U.S. military commanders and troops as ...
never fully siding with the Assad government or the rebels seeking to topple him. Since Assad’s fall, there has been an escalation in clashes between the Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups allied with HTS in northern Syria. ...
A Minnesota man who once fought for the Islamic State group in Syria but now expresses remorse and has been cooperating with authorities will have to wait to learn how much prison time he faces.
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an autonomous enclave early in Syria’s civil war, never fully siding with the Assad government or with the rebels seeking to topple him. Since Assad’s fall, there has been an escalation in clashes between the Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed group...
In a famous speech marking the Israeli withdrawal, he said: “It (Israel) has a nuclear weapon and the strongest air force in the region, but in truth, it is weaker than a spider’s web.” As Israel, and later Syria, pulled their armies out of Lebanon, Nasrallah began to steer Hez...
What other nations have interests in Syria? The assault had raised the prospect of another front reopening in the Middle East, at a time when US-backed Israel has been fighting Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, both Iran-allied groups. ...
Rebels used that vacuum to advance in Syria, and their calculation paid off; an offensive that might have led to another months-long eruption in hostilities instead took days, ending with a march into the capital that was met with little resistance. The anti-regime coalition is now disbanding...