Civil war On 12 June 2012, the United Nations officially declared Syria to be in a state of civil war, following the failure of an attempted ceasefire in April.

The United States started arming and providing military air cover in 2014 for anti-Assad rebel groups who were also waging war against ISIS. Washington also began working with Syrian Kurds, one of ...

Seven years into the civil war and with an estimated 500,000 dead, how did we get here? How did the conflict in Syria start? In March 2011, ...

The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

Syrian Civil War explained: Why did it start, when will it end, and will Britain get involved? Syrian refugees at a camp in Europe. EPA/Nake Batev. 14 September 2015. When did the Syrian conflict ...

Syrian opposition fighters have made their most significant advance in years against government forces, shaking up a civil war that had long been at a stalemate.. The new rebel offensive began ...

A conflict that began as a peaceful uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime escalated into a full-scale civil war that is now one of this century's deadliest.

By June 2012, the United Nations declared that the fighting in Syria was a full-blown civil war. After years of fighting, Syrian government forces backed by Russia, Hezbollah and Iran retook much ...

The Syrian conflict began as part of the Arab Spring, aimed at overthrowing Bashar al-Assad and achieving reform. Over a decade later, ... Syria’s Civil War – Did It Achieve Anything?

Climate change sparked a historic drought in Syria that contributed to the long-running civil war in the country, according to new research out Monday. In a study in the Proceedings of the ...

A ceasefire by Syrian government troops that came into force in the rebel-held province of Idlib this weekend is already threatening to collapse. How Turkey is keeping the Syrian civil war alive ...

February was one of the bloodiest months since the start of the Syrian civil war, seven years ago this Thursday. All throughout the past month, the Assad regime, along with pro-Iranian militias ...