In 1982, the Syrian government besieged the city of Hama, killing tens of thousands of its own citizens in sectarian violence ...

Surprise in the sense of how the rebels could be so mobilised and made effective to traverse from Homs, Hama and other locations, seize Aleppo and march on Damascus virtually without any credible ...

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported deaths in more than 20 locations across the Latakia, Tartus, ...

Syrian state media reported that the two air forces had bombed the rebels in their Idlib stronghold as well as their vanguard in Hama province. Russia is a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad.

The ceasefire of November 27th marked an important turning point in the complex Middle East crisis ...

Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.

Rwanda-backed rebels have "occupied" a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the governor's office in Bukavu and ...