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

The government has vowed to fight back. Russia, which deployed its air force to Syria in 2015 to help Assad, is conducting ...

Follow NBC News live updates for the latest on the fighting between rebels and government forces in Syria and the wider ...

In just a few days, a patchwork of forces has seized control of a broad stretch of land in the west and northwest of Syria.

Syrian rebels' capture of Aleppo from President Bashar al-Assad has brought the Syrian civil war back into focus, jolting ...

An offensive by opposition forces in Syria is redrawing the map of areas controlled by the rebels, despite Russian-backed ...

Syrian government forces and their Russian allies are battling to hold back the offensive, with Russia launching airstrikes ...

Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have deployed in Syria to back the government's counteroffensive against a surprise advance by ...

Syrian and Russian airstrikes on rebel-held positions continued on Monday, mostly in Hama and Idlib provinces in the ...

Syria's civil war has taken a dramatic turn, with dictator Bashar Assad once again leaning on Russian support after a shock ...

Hundreds of fighters from Iran-backed Iraqi militias crossed into Syria overnight to help the government fight rebels who ...