Syria

A worker tears down the pictures of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Lebanon's late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a gas station in Nubl, a Shi'ite village seized by rebels, in rural Aleppo, Syria, December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas…

A man on a bicycle passes by a sign reading "I love Aleppo," adorned with flags representing the new Syrian opposition, in Aleppo, Syria, January 8, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri Since the Islamist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) expelled the regime of Bashar al-Assad and assumed control in Syria, its neighbors…

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Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Iran Was ‘Defeated Very Badly’ in Syria, a Top General Admits For weeks, Iranian officials have downplayed the fall of their ally…

The U.S. will keep HTS on the list of terrorist organizations for the remainder of President Biden’s tenure, leaving the decision to Donald Trump, officials say...Read More

SAYEDA ZAINAB, Syria —  In the shadow of the gold-domed Sayeda Zainab shrine, six miles south of Damascus, lie the abandoned remains of what was once the de facto headquarters of Iran’s “axis of resistance,” an informal alliance of militant groups created to counter American and Israeli influence in the Middle…

Fighters in southern Syria who helped topple President Bashar al-Assad are reluctant to disarm and disband as ordered by the country's new rulers, their spokesman told AFP. An Islamist-led offensive ripped through Syria from the north and into Damascus on December 8, bringing to a sudden end five decades of…

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A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments. Once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire, the UNESCO-listed archaeological site was ravaged by Islamic State (IS) fighters after they seized large…

Turkey threatened Tuesday to launch a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they accepted Ankara's conditions for a "bloodless" transition after the fall of strongman president Bashar al-Assad. "We will do what's necessary" if the People's Protection Units (YPG) fail to meet Ankara's demands, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan…