The Biden administration has denied any involvement in a stunning offensive by Turkey-linked Islamist rebels who seized ...

The Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which seized Aleppo in a shock offensive over the weekend, is an Islamist movement that has long ruled swathes of the country's northwest.

Sham, a militant faction affiliated with extremist groups, launched its largest operation in nearly nine years.

In a swift and unexpected offensive, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) captured Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city, with minimal ...

Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images A major offensive has seen rebel groups in Syria retake the country’s second city, ...

Syria's bloody civil war against the government of Bashar al-Assad started in 2011 but it had been in a stalemate for years.

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The Syrian military rushed reinforcements to the northwest and launched airstrikes Sunday in an attempt to push back ...

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

The north-west is dominated by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), but Turkish-backed rebel factions - ...

The advances of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham could write a new chapter in Syria's prolonged civil war against ...

The Syrian government is denying reports that rebel fighters are advancing in Hama after taking over most of Aleppo province.