God willing,” the militant told his lieutenants, they would “be able to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Aleppo and Damascus soon.” ...

The Islamist group, which spearheaded of the surprise rebel advance into Aleppo, is an offshoot of al-Qaida in Syria.

A major offensive has seen rebel groups in Syria retake the country’s second city, Aleppo – and demonstrated the growing ...

The Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which seized Aleppo in a shock offensive over the weekend, is an Islamist ...

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

Fighting has escalated as insurgents captured Aleppo and nearby areas, and pro-govt Syrian and Russian forces are conducting ...

Footage shows a Hayat Tahrir al Sham fighter firing his gun in celebration in the captured village Milaja, roughly halfway ...

Syrian opposition fighters have launched a lightning offensive, capturing most of Aleppo and arriving as far south as Hama in ...

Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani is the leader of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group which swept into Aleppo last week in a ...

Sham, which now defines itself as a Syrian revolutionary Islamist movement, is at the forefront of the conquest of Aleppo and ...

Assad is a dictator who did not even shy away from using chemical weapons on his people; however, the choice is between a ...

Syrian rebel forces arrived at the gates of the key city of Hama on Tuesday, as their fighting with the military sparked "a ...