Insurgents' stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs.
Islamist-led rebels declare that they had taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on Sunday (Dec 8), sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria.
The collapse of Assad's rule in Syria after a 14-year rebellion marks a key moment in a devastating civil war.
Here is a look at the stunning reversal of fortune for Assad and the government in just the past 10 days, and what might lie ...
BEIRUT - Islamist-led rebels on Dec 8 declared the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule in Syria, saying they had toppled him as they swept into Damascus and sent him fleeing. The rebels’ rapid ...
The advances in the past week are by far the largest in recent years by opposition factions, led by a group that has its ...
Rebel forces in Syria said they have captured four cities in the past 24 hours and were advancing on the capital Damascus.
The Syrian government collapsed to a lightning rebel offensive that sent crowds into the streets to celebrate the end of the Assad family's 50 years of iron rule.
The five decades of Baath rule in Syria ended on Sunday as Islamist-led rebels declared that they had taken Damascus, sending ...
It seemed Syria’s president was almost out of the woods. But then a sudden rebel offensive caught everyone off guard.
The Syrian government has collapsed, falling to a lightning rebel offensive that seized control of the capital Damascus and ...