Free syrian army
Syria continues to build its new army as it looks to integrate various armed groups
The backbone of the army are the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham units that came out of Idlib and had fought Assad’s military for years, as well as units from southern Syria and units linked to Turkey.
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The US-backed ‘Syrian Free Army’ in Syria is at a crossroads - analysis
Syrians explore Assad family's massive summer resort for first time
Middle Israel: Aleppo, the foreign policy fiasco
The Syrian metropolis’s collapse as the Obama presidency expires is a fitting finale to one of the worst foreign policy records in US history.
After the fall of Aleppo
The Syrian Army’s seizure of the rebel-held area in eastern Aleppo puts the Assad regime clearly on the ascendancy, but the civil war is far from over.
Israelis hold demonstration in solidarity with Syrians
The United Nations says 50,000 people remain in rebel-held Aleppo.
Do chemical weapons in Syria threaten Israel?
Among the most horrifying aspects of the five-year-old Syrian civil war was Assad’s use of chemical weapons, including the massive August 2013 sarin gas attack that killed more than 1,400 civilians.
Syrian media: Trump will seek ‘understanding’ with Moscow to back Assad
Idea of storming country has been dropped, commentator says.
Behind the lines: Syria’s interlocking conflicts
As the preliminary maneuvering begins to take Islamic State’s capital, Raqqa, the forces that seek to take control of the city are also at war with each other.
Russian naval deployment en route to escalate Aleppo destruction
"This is not a friendly port call. In two weeks, we will see a crescendo of air attacks on Aleppo as part of Russia's strategy to declare victory there," a NATO diplomat said.
Analysis: Syrian regime’s stress on military victory casts shadow over cease-fire
Along with omitting news of the ceasefire, the regime website and TV are projecting the theme of “We are winning the war and will fight on until victory.”
Israel said to be among growing number of states that block UNHRC
It has been difficult for the Council’s special investigators to gain access to certain countries, even though they are tasked with fact finding, Hussein said.
Mortar reportedly hits Israel's Golan shortly after Syrian ceasefire starts
The Syrian army said a seven-day "regime of calm" would be applied across Syria, and it reserved the right to respond using all forms of firepower to any violation by "armed groups".