Syria’s Bashar al-Assad is in mortal danger
Two rebel groups are leading the push. One is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ( HTS ), which emerged from al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate. It cut ties with the jihadist group in 2017 and has since set up a provisional government in rebel-held Idlib province in north-west Syria. The other faction, the Syrian National Army ( SNA ), is a Turkish proxy.
Syrian civil war: What rebels’ lightning gains say about Assad regime
Syria’s devastating civil war, responsible for more than 300,000 deaths, was never officially resolved. Lightning gains by rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad were opportunistic, but also indicated years of patient preparations.
In just a few days, a patchwork of rebel forces has seized control of a broad stretch of land in the west and northwest of ...
As rebels make progress in their fight against Assad's government, Newsweek has mapped the regional approach to the conflict.
Syria holds strategic importance for Moscow and Tehran, which have both bolstered Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime at ...
Syrian government forces and their Russian allies are battling to hold back the offensive, with Russia launching airstrikes ...
Senators on both sides of the aisle are holding back from cheering rebel gains against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, ...
Russia has replaced the general in charge of its forces in Syria as rebel forces continue their lightning offensive in the ...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine "categorically rejects the russian federation's groundless accusations against ...
The belligerents are the last survivors of Syria’s hugely destructive civil war, which began in 2011 as another Arab Spring revolution, with antigovernment protesters demanding Assad leave.
But Russia’s commitment to Syria has not actually wavered, and Russia is not really distracted. The advance of Syria’s rebels ...
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