ending the Assad family’s 54-year rule and ostensibly the first phase of the Syrian Civil War. Beginning in the Spring of 2011 after a violent crackdown on anti-Assad protests, the Syrian Civil ...

Where, when and how did civilians organize during the Syrian civil war that started in the aftermath of the Arab Spring in 2011 and lasted until the toppling of President Bashar Assad in late 2024?

But what has often stood out is the War Rig, a massive truck with two engines used to race across the harsh desert, equipped with weapons and defense to fight off rival factions coming from the ...

Security forces of the new Syrian government’s General Security Department enter ... Frantzman is an adjunct fellow at FDD and a contributor to FDD’s Long War Journal. He is the senior Middle East ...

The Syrian authorities are counting on wealthy Gulf countries to finance the reconstruction of their war-ravaged nation and revive its economy. In late December, Sharaa said in an interview with the ...

The war monitor said the attacks “bear all the hallmarks of sectarian killings”. Gunmen in Syria have shot dead 10 people in a "massacre" in a village from ousted president Bashar al-Assad's ...

“Syria’s war-weary condition, after years of conflict and war, does not allow for new confrontations,” he said on December 14, 2024. “The priority at this stage is reconstruction and ...

The ICC, which has 125 member states, is the world's permanent court to prosecute individuals for alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and aggression. Syria is not a member state ...

French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes, notably the launch of a deliberate attack on ...

Syria’s new defence minister has said it would ... The SDF, which has carved out a semi-autonomous zone through 14 years of war, has been in talks with the new administration in Damascus led ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during ...

The air forces of Syria and Russia have been accused of killing civilians in Aleppo and this is undoubtedly true. Every conflict bringing together warplanes and densely populated urban areas — from ...