In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government’s ...

Over the past four years, Syrian government forces and Russians have repeatedly bombed northwest regime-held areas, killing hundreds. The map below shows the territorial control of various groups ...

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 ...

The speed and size of the reversal was stunning: Before that assault, pro-Assad forces had controlled more than 60% of Syrian land, according to a CNN analysis of data from the Institute for the ...