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


Middle Israel: Aleppo, the foreign policy fiasco

The Syrian metropolis’s collapse as the Obama presidency expires is a fitting finale to one of the worst foreign policy records in US history.

People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.

After the fall of Aleppo

The Syrian Army’s seizure of the rebel-held area in eastern Aleppo puts the Assad regime clearly on the ascendancy, but the civil war is far from over.

Syrians walk over rubble of damaged buildings in Aleppo, November 28, 2016

Israelis hold demonstration in solidarity with Syrians

The United Nations says 50,000 people remain in rebel-held Aleppo.

Israelis gather in Jerusalem to show solidarity with Syrians

Do chemical weapons in Syria threaten Israel?

Among the most horrifying aspects of the five-year-old Syrian civil war was Assad’s use of chemical weapons, including the massive August 2013 sarin gas attack that killed more than 1,400 civilians.

Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin.

Syrian media: Trump will seek ‘understanding’ with Moscow to back Assad

Idea of storming country has been dropped, commentator says.

A man holds a baby saved from under rubble, who survived what activists say was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad in Aleppo

Behind the lines: Syria’s interlocking conflicts

As the preliminary maneuvering begins to take Islamic State’s capital, Raqqa, the forces that seek to take control of the city are also at war with each other.

SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES commanders announce an offensive to take the ISIS-held city of Raqqa last week.

Russian naval deployment en route to escalate Aleppo destruction

"This is not a friendly port call. In two weeks, we will see a crescendo of air attacks on Aleppo as part of Russia's strategy to declare victory there," a NATO diplomat said.

Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in international waters off the coast of Northern Norway.

Analysis: Syrian regime’s stress on military victory casts shadow over cease-fire

Along with omitting news of the ceasefire, the regime website and TV are projecting the theme of “We are winning the war and will fight on until victory.”

A fighter loyal to Syria's president Bashar Assad holds his picture as fellow fighters rest by a Syrian national flag after gaining control of the area in Deir al-Adas, a town south of Damascus

Israel said to be among growing number of states that block UNHRC

It has been difficult for the Council’s special investigators to gain access to certain countries, even though they are tasked with fact finding, Hussein said.

Overview of a Human Rights Council special session at the United Nations in Geneva

Mortar reportedly hits Israel's Golan shortly after Syrian ceasefire starts

The Syrian army said a seven-day "regime of calm" would be applied across Syria, and it reserved the right to respond using all forms of firepower to any violation by "armed groups".

Smoke rises during fighting in the village of Ahmadiyah in Syria, as seen from the Israeli side of the border fence between Syria and the Golan Heights [File]