Rebels have launched a major offensive against the government in Syria, seizing cities in a lightning ... Hama lies a third of the way down the 330km (205 mile) road that links Aleppo and Damascus.

The rebel offensive in Syria, which led to the rapid fall of Assad ... This document will map these four principal entities, detailing their composition and ideological inclinations.

This more detailed road map for Syria's future followed a day after al-Sharaa's first speech at the "Conference for Announcing the Victory of the Syrian Revolution." After he was officially ...

Syria’s military announced a “temporary troop ... then began pushing towards the M5 highway, a strategic road that leads south to the capital, Damascus, about 300km (186 miles) away.

Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces ... Aleppo was an important waystation on the Silk Road, which connected the Far East with the Middle East and Europe ...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the former militant commander who led the overthrow, says he is working to build an ...

“Right now, we have a political decision, we have a road map, we have a step-for-step approach.” Syria conducts very little trade with Europe currently, largely because of a sweeping sanctions ...

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The map below shows Syria’s territorial control before November ... forces had conducted several air strikes on the main road in an effort to stop the opposition’s advance.

Syrian rebel leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa and United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen discussed reconsidering a 2015 UN Security Council resolution outlining a road map for the country’s ...

Syria-Lebanon border to DAMASCUS, Syria – The road to Damascus tells the story of a new Syria emerging from 54 years of authoritarian rule by one family – the Assads. At the border crossing ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...