Syria's civil war began in 2011 after civilians led pro-democracy protests against Assad, and his government responded by opening fire on its own people. The ensuing war is thought to have killed ...

With the sudden collapse of the al-Assad regime in Syria, analysts and fighters in other long running civil wars are ...

The UN estimates that, between March 2011 and March 2021, Syria’s war killed 306,887 civilians. More than half of Syria’s pre-war population of 21 million was also displaced by the fighting.

2020–2021: The conflict shifts to a stalemate ... Middle East analyst Avi Melamed told Newsweek. During the Syrian civil war, Ankara established a zone of control in the north of the country ...

and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hold a news conference in Vienna in 2015 amid frustrated efforts to find a political solution to Syria’s civil war. Brendan Smialowski/Reuters A woman ...

A lightning rebel advance this month ended more than 50 years of Assad family rule, sparking jubilant scenes on the streets ...

As a result of the war, several million people have been forced to leave their homes. Some are internally displaced, still living in Syria, while others have fled to other countries. Most have ...

The Middle East's regional powers had been pursuing reconciliation. Syria's post-Assad transition will put that to the test.

This unexpected resumption of hostilities in the Syrian civil war sits at the intersection of ... from the Khmeimim Air Base in Syria, June 25, 2021. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service ...

After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded ...

President-elect Donald Trump will soon inherit an array of conflicts in Asia, Africa, Europe and even North America.

Bombardment, looting and disuse have wreaked an uncertain toll on the country's former synagogues and Jewish sites.