Syrian civil war reignites as Islamist militants make significant territorial gains, challenging Assad regime's control.

The rebels have set their sights on an area where President Bashar al-Assad’s government has long maintained strength.

Russia, Iran and Turkey are in “close contact” over the conflict in Syria, Moscow said Wednesday, after a shock offensive has ...

With Syrian rebels only 50 miles away, Russia has evacuated all its warships from Tartus, its only naval base in the ...

Syrian government forces launched a counterattack against Islamist-led rebels around the key city of Hama on Wednesday after ...

Syrian forces are battling insurgents just north of the strategic central city of Hama where they are attempting to advance ...

Members of Syrian opposition fighters walk along a street in Aleppo, after the Syrian army said that dozens of its soldiers ...

The Middle East is today more repressive than it was in 2010. The authoritarian regimes that have emerged since 2011 have ...

Intense airstrikes overnight drove Syrian rebels back from the edge of Hama, a major city whose fall would pile pressure on ...

Syria state media say government troops are battling insurgents inside the country’s largest city Aleppo for the first time ...

The rebel groups fighting in Syria’s 13-year-long war are a complex patchwork of fighters, focused on battling against ...

FRONTLINE has been covering the war since it began in 2011, tracing its origins and evolution, its impact on the country’s people, and how the U.S. has responded.