Motivated to avenge their families in China, Uyghur mercenaries became valued fighting partners for Syria's rebels. Their participation helped Syria's new president ultimately win Syria's civil war.

Russia's Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu said the country will not carry out a military operation in Syria's Idlib. Meanwhile, ...

Atrocities by the Syrian government "far outweigh" crimes by the opposition fighters and Syrian President al-Bashar Assad's regime is "mostly responsible" for the human rights offences in the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An offensive by opposition forces in Syria is redrawing the map of ...

December 8, 2025 marks one year since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, marking a major geopolitical shift in the region and upending a decades-long authoritarian rule over the nation. The ...

The increase in incidents appears to indicate that Israel’s “war between the wars” campaign, which is designed to prevent Iranian entrenchment and threats, may be reaching a new phase.

JERUSALEM – A radical Islamist group unleashed its biggest military incursion against Syrian regime forces since 2020 in the northwest of the war-ravaged Syrian Arab Republic, triggering Russian and ...

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GAZIANTEP, Turkey — A Syrian rebel group that once claimed it had abducted a group of U.N. observers in the Golan Heights announced Thursday that it had in fact rescued them from fighting in the area ...