Since then Syria has remained partitioned into zones where foreign powers have troops on the ground. Russia and Iran have sway over government-held areas, the single biggest chunk of Syria.

Languages: English. Israeli forces have reportedly advanced deep into southern Syria, reaching approximately 16 miles southwest of Damascus, two regional security officials and a Syrian security ...

The map from the Institute for Study of War and AEI's Critical Threats Project showed the Israeli army advancing south of ...

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 ...

Syria's president is not in the places he's expected ... 2015 peace talks in Geneva has laid out a possible political road map for if President Bashar al-Assad’s regime completely topples.

After years of stalemate, Syria's map of control is being redrawn almost ... known as the Arab Spring. A damaged poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Aleppo on Nov. 30.

Painted beside that was the red-white-black tricolor of the Assad-era government and a defaced poster of Assad. With Syria’s corruption-ridden economy in shambles after the overthrow of Bashar ...

But it also fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed factions now jostling for control, and international players anxious to preserve their regional interests amid the chaos. Here's a map ...

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 ...