Syria’s state news agency reports Syrian troops backed by Syrian and Russian warplanes are fighting fierce battles in the central Hama province, as rebels seek to build on their surprise takeover of ...

Turkey wants to see an end to armed Kurdish presence close to its border and the return of millions of Syrian refugees ...

The leader of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group has toured the seized city of Aleppo in a surprise visit, for the first time since the group captured large parts of the city last weekend, as ...

Hama is crucial for Assad and the army needs to safeguard the city to stop the Islamist-led rebels from advancing towards ...

Syria holds strategic importance for Moscow and Tehran, which have both bolstered Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime at ...

The Middle East never loses its capacity to surprise. This week the surprises are from Syria, where the embers of the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a difficult week as Syria's government collapses, Russian military bases are overrun ...

Assad’s forces are reportedly engaged in fierce battles with rebels on the outskirts of the major city of Hama. A monitoring ...

With Syrian rebels having taken control of Aleppo, there are questions about what is next for Syria and the many actors with stakes there.

If the insurgents seize the city of Hama, the coastal cities of Tartous and Latakia could be isolated from the rest of the ...

President Putin’s fledgling Mediterranean flotilla may have to retreat to ports in Libya and Algeria or to the Baltic.

The rebels have set their sights on an area where President Bashar al-Assad’s government has long maintained strength.