Rebels took over Damascus quickly, but the uprising has been decades in the making Ayesha Rascoe talks to Mazen Gharibah of the London School of Economics about internal opposition to Syrian ...

Fighting resumed in earnest in southern Syria after a massive army of Bedouin tribes launched a new offensive.

Syrian rebels appear to have entered the capital Damascus after facing scant resistance from regime forces, as President Bashar al-Assad’s decades-long grip on power appeared to wane by the minute.

Syrian rebels threaten Damascus, Assad from north and south. Story by Loveday Morris, Mohamad El Chamaa, Liz Sly, Susannah George, Mustafa Salim, Suzan Haidamous • 3mo.

The attack follows a wave of Israeli strikes on Syrian government forces during two days of sectarian clashes between local ...

Rebels Assert Control in Damascus, Their Plans Still Unclear. The fighters who forced Bashar al-Assad into exile began the complex task of governing the Syrian capital.

Vehicles pass a burned Syrian security building in Damascus, as Islamist rebels seek to reestablish order from the chaos of years of civil war, Dec. 12, 2024.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrians poured into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire on Sunday after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the Assad family's 50 years of iron rule ...

(CNN) — Syrian rebels have declared the capital Damascus “liberated” after entering the city to scant resistance from regime forces, while claiming President Bashar al-Assad has fled the ...

The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last week sent shock waves through the world. Much of the focus has been on how quickly the rebels took over several cities before taking the capital ...