Through Google Earth, this video maps the Israeli advance into Syrian-controlled territory day by day. Beginning with the opening strikes and armored thrusts, the map traces the movement of Israeli forces,

Amid chaos and conflict in the Middle East, a new FRONTLINE documentary investigates high-stakes questions about the future of a country at the center of the region: Syria. The country shares borders with five key regional actors, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan ...

U.S. forces in Syria have departed three military bases that for years supported efforts to defeat Islamic State militants, a new Pentagon report has confirmed. American personnel and their anti-ISIS coalition partners in May left Mission Support Site ...

The Syrian military is planning a major offensive by October to capture two main provinces on the Euphrates River from a mostly Kurdish militia that has refused to submit to Damascus, security sources told The National. If the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF ...

Iran’s designs have defined the region for decades. With the country weakened, the puzzle is what comes next. Credit...Photo illustration by Alex Merto Supported by By Neil MacFarquhar Reporting from Damascus, Syria A video clip circulating on social ...

Massive wildfires have torn through Syria’s coastal mountain region of Jabal Turkman since Thursday, destroying thousands of hectares of forest and overwhelming emergency services. Abdel Kafi Kayyal, director of civil defense in Lattakia province, said ...

The reported upcoming Israel-Syria security agreement could lay the cornerstone of a new Middle East security architecture. If reports are to be believed, long-time rivals Israel and Syria may now be heading not toward yet another escalation, but ...