Chaos rarely takes a holiday in the Middle East, and the latest eruption is a renewed Islamist challenge to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. Sunni rebels stormed into the city of Aleppo on ...

The Syrian civil war had been relatively quiet in recent years, experiencing only minor skirmishes and no major changes in control.

The belligerents are the last survivors of Syria’s hugely destructive civil war, which began in 2011 as another Arab Spring ...

We at War on the Rocks have curated this list of articles and podcasts to help you gain a deeper understanding of the history, drivers, background, and events of the Syrian civil war. Whether you are ...

For years, experts argued that President Bashar al-Assad had “won” the Syrian Civil War. Yet that couldn’t be further from the truth. Assad only survived the war, thanks to Russian airpower ...

The Assad family dictatorship which has run Syria for 53 years and has withstood 13 years of bitter civil war, has now ...

Syria's civil war has reached a pivotal moment with the fall of President Bashar Assad, bringing an end to his decades-long rule marked by corruption, repression, and foreign intervention.

Former president Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels took control of Syria’s capital Damascus ...

Instability in Syria following former president Bashar al-Assad’s fall may have spillover effects on Southeast Asia and Singapore, the city state’s Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Monday.

For years, experts argued that President Bashar al-Assad had “won” the Syrian Civil War. Yet that couldn’t be further from the truth. Assad only survived the war, thanks to Russian airpower ...

(Photo: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh) SINGAPORE: Instability in Syria following former president Bashar al-Assad’s fall may ...