Analysis: What to know about HTS, Hezbollah and Iran after Assad’s fall in Syria
The ascendance of Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria should be viewed with great caution by Western powers, but the Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical node in Iran’s regional proxy network, a counterterrorism expert explains.
Assad’s fall to Islamist rebels in Syria unsettles region’s autocrats
Leaders in countries such as Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia are worried Assad’s ouster, and the rise of an Islamist government, could stir unrest at home.
Hezbollah Loses Supply Route Through Syria, in Blow to It and Iran
The militant group’s leader admits that the toppling of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, cut off an important land route from Iran.
A Week After Assad's Fall, Syria Faced With Brutal Legacy
A week after a lightning offensive toppled longtime leader Bashar al-Assad, Syrians are only beginning to scratch the surface of the atrocities committed under his rule, as the country's new rulers seek to reassure the international community.
A diminished Hezbollah is made even weaker by the toppling of Assad in Syria
A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from the lightning-fast insurgency that toppled him
Days after Assad’s fall, Syria faces brutal legacy
Assad, Syria is beginning to confront the devastating aftermath of over five decades of Assad family rule. Calm is slowly returning to Damascus, with children cautiously resuming classes on Sunday for the first time since Assad fled the country.
Syrians Celebrate the Fall of al-Assad, and Look to Rebuild
In the days after Syria’s government fell and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow, Syrians celebrated the sudden end of a dynastic regime that had kept them in fear and poverty for five decades.
Hezbollah softens tone towards new Syrian rulers after fall of ally Assad
Follow the latest on Syria For years, Hezbollah broadly castigated the Syrian rebels opposed to president Bashar Al Assad, labelling them terrorists as the Lebanese armed group sent thousands of fighters to prop up the regime in the neighbouring country.
Turkey seeks to purge pro-US Kurdish force that helped defeat Islamic State in Syria
A Turkish strongman exploits chaos in Syria to oust pro-American Syrian Kurds from border area while solidifying expansion in ...
Virginia man convicted of funding Islamic State in terrorism trial
Mohammed Chhipa led a double life, by his own attorney’s telling, spreading online propaganda for the Islamic State with ...
Here's how the US is countering the Islamic State group during Syria's upheaval
Massive U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Syria are meant partly as a message to the group and a move to ensure ...
The Fall of Aleppo Was Oddly Familiar
Syria, like Iraq, allowed itself to become a tool of Iran, and therefore never developed a competent state.
Blinken warns Islamic State will try to re-establish capabilities in Syria
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Monday that Islamic State will try to use this period to re-establish ...
Terrorism Trial Begins for Virginia Man Accused of Supporting Islamic State
A terrorism trial began on Monday for a Virginia man accused of supporting the Islamic State.
Kurdish forces commander says Islamic State group resurging in Syria’s east amid security vacuum
The commander of the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces warned on Wednesday that Islamic State group militants ...
Blinken makes unannounced Iraq visit as part of Syria diplomacy push
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday to meet Prime Minister Mohammed Shia ...
Is the Islamic State a threat to Syria's political future?
The so-called Islamic State terror group has been considerably weakened in Syria, but not completely destroyed. It is still ...
Thousands attend the funeral of a Taliban minister killed by an Islamic State suicide bomber
Thousands of people have attended the funeral of a Taliban government minister killed in an Islamic State suicide bombing the previous day ...