The Assad family’s decadeslong reign in Syria came to an abrupt end Sunday when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning lightning-strike rout across the country. Hassan Abdul-Ghani ...

Follow NBC News' live updates here. Biden pledged the U.S. will continue to be involved in Syria as the country enters a new era free from the Assad regime and rebel groups take Damascus.

Following its new attacks on Syria, Israel’s leaders and much of its media tout the creation of a new Middle East.

By The New York Times Follow live updates here. The rebels who ended the Assad family’s brutal rule in Syria began asserting control on Monday. They took up positions outside public buildings in ...

In 2019, the Islamic State lost control of most of the territory it controlled in Iraq and Syria. As a result, the number of fatalities killed in attacks by the Islamic State worldwide has ...

Bullet-riddled portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in city of Hama as rebels advanced this week OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images Syrian rebels took to the airwaves on state Syrian TV ...

Syrian rebels announced they gained full control over the key city of Homs early on Sunday after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread as ...

Global stakeholders now have to reckon with the geopolitical impact of a rebel offensive led by an Islamist group in Syria that could potentially threaten President Bashar al-Assad’s hold over ...

In every crisis lies opportunity, and in every opportunity lurks crisis. The startling advance of Syria’s opposition in a week is the unintended consequence of two other conflicts, one near and ...

Geir Pedersen, the United Nations special envoy for Syria, has expressed “cautious hope” after opposition fighters declared the rule of President Bashar al-Assad had come to an end.

The five decades of Baath rule in Syria ended on Sunday as Islamist-led rebels declared that they had taken Damascus, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing. The lightning offensive left global ...

Rebel forces in Syria said they captured four cities 24 hours. In a stunning turn, the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appears to have fallen after rebels advanced into the capital ...