Mohammed, a former commander in the anti-al-Assad Free Syrian Army whose family were largely wiped out by al-Assad’s regime and is now working for the ministry of defence, didn’t believe the ...

After the killings targeting the Alawite community, Syrian society is struggling to extricate itself from the crimes of the ...

Syrian flags and revolutionary songs fill the streets on a day of celebrating amid tight security. Roses have filled the ...

Since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8, Kurdish forces have been locked in combat with Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army forces. With waning U.S. support, the Kurds felt they ...

Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power ...

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...

Addressing a question about whether the YPG and SDF could be integrated into the Syrian army without laying down their arms, Fidan said the issue had been discussed with Syria’s new leaders, including ...

Three soldiers in Syria's new army and seven Lebanese were killed in border clashes during the past two days, the Syrian defence ministry and Lebanese health ministry said. Sign up here.

In July 2011, defectors from the military announced the formation of the Free Syrian Army, an opposition group aiming to overthrow the government, turning the revolt into a ruinous war.