Armed opposition groups said on Thursday they had started pushing into Syria’s Hama, a major city where pro-government forces backed by intense Russian airstrikes are trying to stave off a new victory and halt the opposition’s lightning advance. Opposition commander Hassan Abdul Ghany...

Amid a new push by forces opposed to the regime, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime is detaining people age 15-47 in the Eastern Ghouta region of Damascus, citing their potential ability to bear arms. According to information obtained by Anadolu correspondents from sources on the ground, the...

By Fouad Abdel Aziz Since the opposition factions began last week to advance on Aleppo province and later take control of it, the stance of many Alawite figures opposed to the Assad regime was striking, as they began to declare their fear of this attack, if not to say their...

Armed opposition forces battled army troops on Tuesday as they advanced toward the city of Hama in central Syria, a war monitor said. “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS) and its allies fought some of the “most violent” clashes with troops in the area since launching a lightning offensive...