As Syria surges back into a war with the resurgence of the militant forces that have made territorial gains in Aleppo and Idlib after almost a decade, we look at the key events that shaped the ...

The timeline shows how the conflict began ... even as the West continues to shun him after years of war. * Dec 2024 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an ...

Assad's apparent departure brings to a close his 14-year grip on power during a challenging civil war that has torn the country apart. | ITV National News ...

What began as protests against President Assad’s regime in 2011 quickly escalated into a full-scale war between the Syrian government—backed by Russia and Iran—and anti-government rebel ...

The Syrian army and its allies defeat rebels in Aleppo, seen at the time as Assad's biggest victory of the war. The Nusra Front splits from al Qaeda and starts trying to present itself in a ...

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, entered Syrian territory Tuesday and said Israeli troops would remain in the ...

In December 2024, the world watched in shock as Bashar al-Assad’s iron grip over Syria unravelled in a matter of days, bringing an abrupt end to a brutal 14-year civil war. This dramatic collapse, ...

In just two weeks, rebel forces tore across Syria, shattering the stalemate left by more than a decade of civil war and bringing an end to more than five decades of brutal rule by the Assad dynasty.

The rekindling of fighting in Syria comes after a four-year lull in a civil war that first broke out in 2011. The uneasy stalemate among the country’s various hostile factions was broken when ...

After a shocking offensive that retook the city of Aleppo, Syrian rebels, led by members of the insurgent group Tahrir al-Sham, are making their way south on their country's M5 highway. If not ...