Rebel factions in syria

Syria's al-Sharaa pushes for unified military amid post-Assad challenges

HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been meeting with several Syrian rebel groups in an effort to work out any disputes between warring factions.

Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani
 An illustrative image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

'A new Putin': Turkey's Erdogan eyes power in Syria as Israel watches nervously

 A rebel fighter stands atop of a military vehicle as he carries a Hayat Tahrir al-Sham flag in Saraqeb town in northwestern Idlib province, Syria December 1, 2024.

HTS commander reveals how the group brought down Assad's regime in 11 days - report

 Travis Pete Timmerman, a US citizen who went missing in Syria, speaks to press after being found following the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, Syria on December 12, 2024.

US flies freed American Travis Timmerman out of Syria, official says


Syrian quagmire: World turns a blind eye to the Afrin crisis

Years after a no-fly zone for Aleppo failed to gain Western sympathy, the Afrin pleas will likely fall on deaf ears.

TURKISH-BACKED Free Syrian Army fighters are seen carrying a wounded colleague in Afrin, Syria in February 2018.

Syrian rebels say discussing evacuation from territory near Israel

Syria's army and its allies have increasingly pushed for such evacuation deals for rebel enclaves near big cities or in other strategic locations after long periods of siege and bombardment.

 A UN observation tower is seen overlooking Syria, next to the Quneitra border crossing between the Golan Heights in Israel and Syria.

Syria, Iranian proxies threaten military action against rebels on Israeli border

The Syrian army, backed by local militias a financed and equipped by Iran, have been escalating a fierce assault against Sunni rebels in an enclave in the foothills of Mount Hermon.

 A UN observation tower is seen overlooking Syria, next to the Quneitra border crossing between the Golan Heights in Israel and Syria.

Eighty-five percent of Raqqa liberated from ISIS

US-led coalition forces, Syrian rebels, and the Syrian military have slowly re-taken many of ISIS's strongholds over the last several months.

SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC Forces fighters hold up their weapons north of Raqqa city.

Syrian rebels near Golan ask world for support against 'Assad’s terrorist regime'

Syrian rebel source says civilians need aid and rebel factions should receive military support from the West against regime which has Iranian and Hezbollah allies.

Syrian rebels prepare for fighting in Syria

Report: Israel secretly giving aid to Syrian rebels

Israel has reportedly been discreetly supporting Syrian rebel groups for years in order to protect its northern border from the war raging in Syria.

An IDF soldier stands atop a tank near Alonei Habashan on the Golan Heights, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria

Syria rebels: Ceasefire 'void' if government violations persist

There has been confusion over which groups in the opposition are included in the ceasefire.

People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.

US seeks regional path to Syria peace at Lausanne talks

It was the first meeting between Kerry and Lavrov since the collapse of a second attempted ceasefire in September.

A woman stands outside the Beau-Rivage Palace ahead of Syria talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 15, 2016. The T-shirt reads: "Assad must go".

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".

Smoke rises during fighting in the village of Ahmadiyah in Syria, as seen from the Israeli side of the border fence between Syria and the Golan Heights [File]

'Terrorist' chemical weapon attack kills 5 in Aleppo, Syrian regime claims

Mohamad Hazouri, Aleppo's health director, says, "Five civilians were killed and eight others suffered suffocation due to a terrorist attack with shells containing poisonous gas."

Syrian opposition group carries out chemical weapons drill (illustrative)