Syria civil war

Main suspect in Syria's Tadamon massacre arrested, ministry says

Amjad Yousef was arrested in the Hama province in western Syria, where he had been hiding since the overthrow of Bashar Assad in 2024.

Amjad Yusuf, main suspect accused of the 2013 Tadamon massacre, April 24, 2026
Members of the Kurdish Internal Security Forces known as "Asayish", and residents rally during a demonstration against the attacks by the Syrian government forces and in support of Kurdish fighters in Qamishli, the main Kurdish city in the country's northeast on January 18, 2026.

Kurdish commander calls on US to 'intervene forcefully' in Syria clashes

A member of the internal security forces stands watch at a checkpoint in the village of Al-Mazra'a while vehicles pass by, after days of violence in the Sweida province sparked by clashes between Bedouin fighters and Druze factions, in Sweida province, Syria, July 21, 2025.

Nearly 100 people abducted or disappeared in Syria since January, says UN

U.S. military vehicles drive in Hasaka, Syria December 6, 2024.

Senior ISIS member killed in US military operation in Syria, official says


How a secret Russian airlift helps Syria's Assad

Planes pass through a long trail of shadowy hands before being put to use by Iran and Assad in Syria.

A Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet takes off from the Hmeymim air base near Latakia, Syria, in this handout photograph released by Russia's Defence Ministry

Incoherent U.S. policy on Syria mystifying allies, empowering enemies

Experts contend that both Russia and Iran would be empowered should President Trump move ahead with military withdrawal from Syria.

Civil defense help a man from a shelter in the besieged town of Douma in eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, February 22, 2018.

Trump’s Syria exit plan hits major snag

Analysis: Tensions are already high in Syria. Now they will be higher.

A US military convoy is seen on the main road in Raqqa, Syria July 31, 2017.

Gas attack reported on Syrian rebel enclave, Damascus denies

On Saturday evening, the US State Department said it was monitoring the situation and that Russia should be blamed if chemicals were used.

Bodies from Syria chemical weapons attack 370

To prevent Syria's biggest crisis yet, the West must intervene now

The US and its partners must take proactive measures to curb the bloodbath before a full-on assault begins.

A man holds a child after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 7, 2018.

Trump agrees to keep U.S. troops in Syria a 'little longer,' but wants out

World powers have expressed concern about a US withdrawal from Syria.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with Latvia's President, Estonia's President and Lithuania's President at the White House, April 3, 2018.

Has the US president lost the plot in Syria?

As one commander put it: “We’re on the two-yard line. We could literally fall into the end zone. We’re that close and now it’s coming apart.”

A US military convoy is seen on the main road in Raqqa, Syria July 31, 2017.

Syria accuses Israel of removing Jewish artifacts from Damascus temple

“This is yet another attempt by the Syrian regime to distract attention from the atrocities it is inflicting on its own people,” said Israel's UN envoy.

A damaged synagogue is seen in the Damascus suburb of Jobar December 14, 2014. The shrine and synagogue of prophet Eliahou Hanabi, dates back to 720 B.C.

Kurdish shock and Turkish celebration as Afrin falls to the Turks

On Sunday the city of Afrin and most of the province around it in northwestern Syria fell to the Turkish army and Syrian rebel groups it supports.

PEOPLE FLEE fighting in Afrin

In Ghouta's shelters, terrified Syrians await the next bomb

Under cracked ceilings that bulge downwards from the force of previous strikes, 400,000 civilians tremble from the ceaseless bombs.

Smoke rises from eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2018.