In just ten days, on 8 December 2024, a surprise military offensive by the armed factions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led ...

An inside view of the Hama prison after the armed groups opposed to Bashar Assad's regime, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, took ...

In late 2015, the new administration formally established an armed wing called the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF ... Iran and Hezbollah, his government entered into a detente with the Rojava.

The Syrian shrine of Sayeda Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, ...

In the aftermath, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned Assad’s fall as a foreign-orchestrated conspiracy, a framing that reflects Tehran’s efforts to preserve its image as a ...

A fresh drive to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict has seen politicians from the pro-Kurdish party meet ...

In Lebanon, many saw the election on Thursday of Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, as a crucial step ...

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is a Kurdish-dominated ... Iran, Russia, and the Shia Islamist militia Hezbollah backed the Assad regime. Various state parties, including Turkey ...

BEIRUT - Upon assisting Israel’s security and political challenges, following the Lebanon war and the fall of the Bashar al-Assad government, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar stated, “In a region where ...

As the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon barely holds ... group serving as the primary component of the Syrian Democratic Forces — that had their sanctuaries in northern Syria.

HUSSEIN MALLA / AP The "Islamic nationalists" of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS, the "Levant Liberation Organization"), who have become Syria's new leading force; the Syrian National Army (SNA ...

Turkey will carry out a cross-border offensive into northeastern Syria against the Kurdish YPG militia if the group does not meet Ankara's demands, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday, while ...