Two Syrian groups claimed the first attack against Israel since the fall of the Bashar al Assad regime in Syria. A Syrian ...

Since then Syria has remained partitioned into zones where foreign powers have troops on the ground. Russia and Iran have sway over government-held areas, the single biggest chunk of Syria.

Israel has pushed troops further into parts of southern Syria ... leaders and Iran have accused Israel of attempting to seize territory by force. The advances are detailed in a map produced ...

such as Russia and Iran. Russia in particular has been a strong military force in favor of Assad, with Russian troops being stationed in Syria since launching an intervention during the country's ...

Israel, concerned by what it calls Iran's "military entrenchment" in Syria, has launched air strikes ... Western powers of trying to redraw the map of the region.

Both Russia and Iran back Assad, and say they will help his forces fight back after Aleppo, Syria's second city ... the region and fragmenting the countries in it and redraw the map in line with the ...

Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became ... The occupation lasted until 2005. Syria also forged alliances with Iran and its network of proxies, including Lebanon-based Hizbullah.

Following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's government, Israeli troops moved into the demilitarised zone inside Syria created after ... propped him up for years. Iran and Hezbollah-backed forces ...