Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anti-Assad fighters stationed at the airport in Aleppo on Dec. 2, 2024. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images A major offensive has ...

Bashar Assad's government in Syria collapsed on Sunday, ending his 24 years in power. Rebel forces led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham swept through Syria, seizing Damascus. Here's what we know ...

A major offensive has seen rebel groups in Syria retake the country’s second city, Aleppo–and demonstrated the growing prominence of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the 13-year-long civil ...

Mr. Hassan is the founder and editor in chief of New Lines Magazine The stunningly successful offensive by Syrian rebels last week accomplished what years of bloodshed by larger factions could not.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I focus on the nexus of AI adoption, energy, and geopolitics. Damascus has fallen with little resistance from the regime. History, ...

Early March 2025 was when Syria’s post-Assad transition turned sour. In scenes that resembled the worst moments of Syria’s civil war, hundreds of Alawite civilians were killed, probably by a ...

Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led by Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, gained international attention after it led a successful blitzkrieg-style assault campaign to overthrow Syrian President ...

Ms. Shalab al-Sham, a native of Homs, directs the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF) field operations, connecting activists and refugees to international experts and donors. Ms. Shalab al-Sham ...

The advance, the first of its kind in years, showed that the groups could still threaten the capital despite a long string of defeats around the country. By Anne Barnard A truce went into effect at ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - When an explosion killed almost all of its leaders in a single blow last year, many thought it was the end for Ahrar al-Sham, a powerful Syrian insurgent group founded by members ...