Map: The Economist The mounting chaos in Homs exemplifies the challenge Mr Sharaa faces all over Syria. His government must ensure the safety of all ethnic groups while paying heed to the desire ...

Road map of Syria and part of Lebanon. Scale 1:500 000. Show marked and not marked frontiers, administrative boundaries, main roads, tracks, camel tracks, railways, aerodromes, pipe lines and pumping ...

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

Russia maintains two key military bases in Syria, including an air base in Hmeimim and a naval base in Tartous.

Footage and satellite images reviewed by The Times show civilians in the compound ... have sought refuge at a Russian air base on Syria’s coast, satellite imagery reveals, as thousands have ...

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ...

Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...

In the worst outbreak of unrest since Syria’s transitional government took power, hundreds of people have been killed or ...

AMMAN, Jordan — Syria’s top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries Sunday called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions on Syria and post-war reconciliation. The foreign ...

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has ... But this is where the new authorities have a chance to show a different kind of tone and way.” The new government must build “a strong ...

It's the worst violence since former President Bashar Assad was toppled. International alarm is growing over fighting in western Syria, where hundreds of civilians have been reportedly killed amid ...

Now, with those rebels in power, Moscow senses an opportunity to both expand its economic footprint in Syria and hold on to its military bases there.