Security sources have stated that Israeli forces in Syria have reached the southern city of Qatana, around 16 miles from ...

The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau about 60km (40 miles) south-west of Damascus. Israel seized the territory from Syria in the closing stages of the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed it ...

Following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's government, Israeli troops moved into the demilitarised zone inside Syria created after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, including the Syrian side of the ...

The announcements came hours after the fighters took a fourth strategic city in a lightning offensive that began on November 27. In just 11 days, the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad came to ...

Here's a map showing who controls what during this ... before seizing the capital, Damascus. Syria's Assad-era prime minister has agreed to hand power to HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani, who ...

The rebels capturing Damascus marked a turning point for Syria, which had been shattered by more than 13 years of war which ...

Rebels have launched a major offensive against the government in Syria, seizing cities in a lightning ... road that links Aleppo and Damascus. Its capture will hamper any swift attempt by Assad ...

Syria is reopening Damascus International Airport after rebels ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad in December, forcing the ...