This photo, released by a militant group in 2016, shows Abu Mohammed al-Golani, second from right, discussing battlefield details with field commanders in Aleppo, Syria.

As rebels in Syria make new advances against government forces, Newsweek has mapped the political stances of the rest of the region. Since the conflict escalated in 2012, the Syrian civil war has ...

The long-awaited visit of Syrian Transitional President Ahmad Al-Sharaa to Baku is far more than a formality. It signals the ...

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...

Redrawing the map: Israel seeks to remake the Middle East to its own design Following its new attacks on Syria, Israel’s leaders and much of its media tout the creation of a new Middle East.

A short history of Syria, in maps The most influential people, groups and events that shaped Syria’s role in the Middle East ...

Area: 22,000 sq km. Population: 9.5m. Prime minister: Binyamin Netanyahu.

Israel says it bombed more than 350 military sites in Syria during the previous 48 hours, targeting "most of the strategic weapons stockpiles" in the country.

There are Turkish-backed rebels and Sunni Muslim jihadists in the north, Kurds ruling over much of Syria’s east, and Jordan-backed militants in the south, among others.

The swift downfall of Bashar al-Assad is reverberating throughout the Middle East. Countries are urgently reassessing how to deal with a nation seeking to rebuild itself after years of civil war.

Djibouti has remained neutral on the war, as one of the Middle Eastern countries furthest from the conflict. Israel, which has a northern border with Syria, also remains neutral.