In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government’s ...

Here’s a look at that history, with maps as a guide. Situated between some of history’s great empires, the land known as Syria today has been conquered by the Egyptians, Hittites, Assyrians ...

This more detailed road map for Syria's future followed a day after al-Sharaa's first speech at the "Conference for Announcing the Victory of the Syrian Revolution." After he was officially ...

This significant movement marks one of the deepest incursions into Syria by Israeli forces in recent history. In addition, Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops ...