Iran-backed militias join fight in Syria as Assad and Russia step up airstrikes against insurgency
Hundreds of fighters from Iran-backed Iraqi militias have crossed into Syria to help the regime of Bashar al-Assad fight off an insurgency across much of the northwest of the country, which has seen the seizure of the second city of Aleppo.
The rebels have set their sights on an area where President Bashar al-Assad’s government has long maintained strength.
Fighters from a U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led coalition battled Syrian government forces in northeast Syria early on Tuesday, both ...
The Lebanese Hezbollah movement, which played a crucial role in defending the Syrian government throughout the neighboring ...
Even as Israel bombarded Syria, officials say the U.S. and Gulf countries were working to weaken its president’s alliance ...
Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, otherwise known as Bashar Assad’s lifeline in Syria, have bigger fish to fry at the moment.
If the insurgents seize the city of Hama, the coastal cities of Tartous and Latakia could be isolated from the rest of the ...
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The surprise offensive on Aleppo by Syrian rebel groups has left the US in the difficult position of not fully supporting ...
Syria's civil war has taken a dramatic turn, with dictator Bashar Assad once again leaning on Russian support after a shock ...
President Putin’s fledgling Mediterranean flotilla may have to retreat to ports in Libya and Algeria or to the Baltic.
Iranian-backed militias have sent reinforcements from Iraq into Syria to bolster Bashar al-Assad’s regime against a lightning ...
Ankara, long a backer of opposition groups, sees chance to push back Kurdish militants and force Assad to negotiate ...
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