Free syrian army

Syria continues to build its new army as it looks to integrate various armed groups

The backbone of the army are the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham units that came out of Idlib and had fought Assad’s military for years, as well as units from southern Syria and units linked to Turkey.

 Syrian army personnel gather as they head towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, March 7, 2025.
 Professor Abdallah Khalil Al-Tamimi, a Syrian religious scholar and peace activist who has spent more than three decades in exile.

‘Syria can be Israel’s best friend in the region,’ says Syrian scholar in exile - interview

 Fighters from the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army are deployed on a checkpoint in the area of Kafr Jannah on the outskirts of the Syrian town of Afrin on October 19, 2022.

The US-backed ‘Syrian Free Army’ in Syria is at a crossroads - analysis

 Cyclist Bassel Soufi visits the summer resort of ousted Bashar al-Assad as he tours a part of his daily training in Burj Islam near Latakia, Syria, December 13, 2024.

Syrians explore Assad family's massive summer resort for first time


Growing threats in Syria causing concern for Israel

Israel cannot expect Russia to act against Iran in Syria, says former US ambassador Robert Ford.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad visits a Russian air base at Hmeymim, in western Syria

US says 'grave' consequences if Syria's al-Qaida dominates Idlib province

Idlib province, the only Syrian province that is entirely under rebel control, has been a major target of Russian and Syrian aerial strikes that caused hundreds of civilians casualties.

Syrian Civil Defence members wear gas masks near the site of what activists said was a chlorine gas attack in the Idlib countryside [File]

Is Washington ceding Syria to Russian influence?

The CIA program, dubbed ‘Timber Sycamore,’ was created in early 2013 and was intended to support ‘moderate’ units from among the Syrian Sunni rebels.

A rebel fighter of the Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army

'Russia wants closer cooperation with Israel in Syria'

Top Russian parliamentarian says Israel should use influence to get opposition groups to lay down arms.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a news conference in Sochi

Syrian media claims ISIS leader dead... again

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said to have been killed in Raqqa attack amid advances by US-led coalition forces.

A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al Baghdadi made a rare public appearance at a mosque in the center of Mosul, on July 5, 2014.

Who will fill Islamic State vacuum after Raqqa?

Kurdish, Arab fighters open offensive on Syria’s last ISIS stronghold, occupied since 2013.

Islamic State holds a parade in Raqqa in June, 2014

Trump said to be planning military strike against Assad

Trump: "These heinous acts by the Assad regime cannot be tolerated."

Gas cloud in the city of Hama, Syria 4/6/2017

Jerusalem denies report of Russia's second summoning of Israel envoy

Ambassador Gary Koren was asked to speak to Russian officials in regard to Israel’s alleged air strike in Syria near the city of Palmyra earlier in the week.

Russian servicemen, dressed in historical uniforms, take part in a military parade rehearsal in front of St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square in central Moscow

Analysis: America takes the plunge in Syria

US ups its troops in an increasingly complex battlefield and risks straining relations with Turkey.

SYRIAN REBELS and civilians wait near damaged buildings to be evacuated from a rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo.

Syrian opposition figures to make rare public appearance in Israel

Six years into the civil war, a minority within the opposition is arguing that the taboo on Israel is no longer relevant.

People stand near near rubble of damaged buildings in the northern Aleppo countryside in Syria in December 2016