Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, otherwise known as Bashar Assad’s lifeline in Syria, have bigger fish to fry at the moment.

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Assad has been losing ground to Turkey's proxy militia. The precarious balance of the fragmented country could revive a ...

Turkey’s foreign minister says the recent rapid advance by opposition fighters in Syria shows that the country must reconcile ...

Thousands of Syrian insurgents took over most of Aleppo on Saturday, establishing positions in the country's largest city and ...

Iraqi fighters, backed by Iran, have crossed into Syria to join forces with Syrian and Russian military units in a fight ...

The recent rapid advance by opposition fighters in Syria shows that Syrian President Bashar Assad must reconcile with his own ...

Syria’s long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of its largest city and dozens of nearby ...

The Syrian military rushed reinforcements to the northwest and launched airstrikes Sunday in an attempt to push back ...

U.S. policy on Syria's Bashar al-Assad has not changed, the State Department said on Monday, saying the president was a dictator with blood on his hands but declining to specify whether Washington ...

Iran's constellation of allied regional militia groups, aided by Russian air power, has been integral to the success of pro-government forces in subduing rebels in Syria who rose up against President ...

The US has discussed lifting sanctions on Syria if it cuts ties with Iran and blocks weapons smuggling routes to Hezbollah.