The Biden administration has denied any involvement in a stunning offensive by Turkey-linked Islamist rebels who seized ...

The Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which seized Aleppo in a shock offensive over the weekend, is an Islamist movement that has long ruled swathes of the country's northwest.

Sham, a militant faction affiliated with extremist groups, launched its largest operation in nearly nine years.

In a swift and unexpected offensive, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) captured Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city, with minimal ...

Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images A major offensive has seen rebel groups in Syria retake the country’s second city, ...

Syria's bloody civil war against the government of Bashar al-Assad started in 2011 but it had been in a stalemate for years.

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The Syrian military rushed reinforcements to the northwest and launched airstrikes Sunday in an attempt to push back ...

Mr. al-Assad’s international backers, including Russia, Iran and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, are weakened and distracted ...

The north-west is dominated by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), but Turkish-backed rebel factions - ...

The Syrian government is denying reports that rebel fighters are advancing in Hama after taking over most of Aleppo province.

According to the report, "dozens of militants were killed and wounded," including one of their leaders of Arab descent ...