But it also fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed factions now jostling for control, and international players anxious to preserve their regional interests amid the chaos. Here's a map ...

The cities of Homs and Hama, two of Syria's largest by population, were also captured by HTS over the course of the campaign, alongside Idlib, under its control since 2017. To the north ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

By December 8th Mr Assad had fled to Moscow, leaving control of Syria to HTS and various other rebel groups (see map 7). Some sources reckon that at least half a million Syrians were killed during ...

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 ...

Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the ...

Map: Where is Syria and how are its neighbours involved ... Israel also says it has temporarily seized control of a demilitarized buffer zone in the Golan Heights, saying the 1974 disengagement ...

U.S. troops first entered Syria in 2015 as part of an effort to battle the Islamic State militant group, backing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which control swaths of territory on the ...