On Nov. 27, the rebels announced a striking initial success: They had overrun a Syrian government base, captured soldiers, taken tanks and seized several villages. “In a matter of about 10 hours,” an ...

STORY: Just weeks ago, Farhan al-Khouli was manning a military outpost in Idlib, northern Syria, for Bashar al-Assad's ...

Israel defended its actions as defensive as nature, securing the country from future attacks, while Arab countries said they ...

He has talked openly about his change along the way. From young al Qaeda fighter two decades ago, to rebel commander espousing sectarian tolerance. It’s a journey along which he has had plenty ...

The rebel group has been accused of major human rights violations, particularly involving its capture of the town of Buthidaung in mid-May, when it was accused of forcing an estimated 200,000 ...

Rebel soldiers at the burning tomb of Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria until handing power to his son, Bashar al-Assad, in 2000. Some of the 1.5 million Syrians who fled to Lebanon during the war ...

At close: December 13 at 4:00:00 PM EST ...

Foreign countries have nothing to fear from Syria after Bashar al Assad's regime was overthrown, the leader of the rebel group that ousted the previous government has told Sky News. In his first ...

Veterans who were purged from the military due to their sexuality could be handed up to £70,000 in compensation, reports have claimed. The government has set aside up to £75million for ...

Rebel fighters can also be seen brandishing the three-starred flag of independence. Following our earlier post on Deir al-Zour in north-eastern Syria, we've been mapping the progress of rebel ...

Courtney Kube Reporting from WASHINGTON The Biden administration is exploring removing the foreign terrorist designation for HTS, the most powerful of the rebel groups that unseated Assad ...