The rekindling of fighting in Syria comes after a four-year lull in a civil war that first broke out in 2011. The uneasy stalemate among the country’s various hostile factions was broken when rebel ...

Anti-government forces in Syria are gaining ground and have captured the second largest city, Aleppo. President Bashar ...

For years, American policymakers have grappled with how to manage the Middle East’s shifting alliances and conflicts while ...

“Syria is forging ahead in combatting terrorism with force and resoluteness on the entirety of its territories,” Assad said ...

Follow NBC News live updates for the latest on the fighting between rebels and government forces in Syria and the wider ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed to use force to eliminate "terrorism" during a phone call with an official from the ...

The United States called Monday for de-escalation in Syria, where an Islamist-led rebel alliance has wrested swathes of ...

In just a few days, a patchwork of rebel forces has seized control of a broad stretch of land in the west and northwest of ...

The surprise offensive on Aleppo by Syrian rebel groups has left the US in the difficult position of not fully supporting ...

Russia and Iran have offered military and diplomatic support to the Syrian government as it tries to stanch a major rebel ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad has issued a strong statement vowing to eliminate terrorists and their sponsors after a recent ...

The New Arab looks at how regional and interested global parties have reacted to the Syrian rebel offensive in the northwest ...