Syrian rebels

Syria's Kurds demonstrate in multiple cities, government announces curfew

According to the Hasakah Media Directorate, groups attacked internal security headquarters in the cities of Hasakah and Qamishli, both of which contain a large number of Kurds.

People wave Syrian flags as they gather at Umayyad Square in Damascus to watch a broadcast of Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa delivering a speech at the United Nations, in Syria, September 24, 2025.
 Blasts from IDF strikes in Syria, February 26, 2025.

IAF targets Syrian regime's military headquarters, radar systems in overnight raid

 Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa talks to attendees during a national dialogue, a key milestone in the transition to a new political system after decades of Assad rule, in Damascus, Syria February 25, 2025.

Deadly clashes rage in coastal Syria as Sharaa calls for peace

 Syrian army personnel travel in a military vehicle as they head towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, March 7, 2025.

More than 1000 killed in Syrian crackdown on Alawite region, war monitor says - report


Turkey ready to offer military training to Syria if new administration requests, minister says

NATO member Turkey backed the Syrian rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad last weekend.

 A rebel fighter sits on the back of a vehicle in Homs countryside, after Syrian rebels pressed on in  their lightning advance on Saturday.

Russia pulling back but not out of Syria, sources say

An official said that additional Russian departures from the Hmeimim air base in Syria's Latakia province were expected in the coming days.

 A Russian military convoy heads towards Hmeimim air base in Syria's coastal Latakia, Syria, December 14, 2024.

Southern Syria's resurgence brings Jordan and Iraq back in key roles - analysis

Jordan seeks to ensure regional security and stability, including in Syria, including by involving the international community in these prospects.

 Damage around Qamishli International Airport area, in Syria, December 10, 2024

Turkey moves to isolate the Kurds in Syria, and prepares a way for new attacks - analysis

The main group in Ankara's cross-hairs is the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, which was formed in 2015 with US backing.

 Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attend a joint military exercise with forces of the US in the countryside of the town of al-Malikiya (Derik in Kurdish) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province on September 7, 2022.

Interim Syrian gov't complains to UN as Israel extends buffer zone

The letter complained of Israeli strikes in the country - despite Israel targeting weapons facilities belonging to the Assad regime.

IDF operates in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on December 13, 2024.

US flies freed American Travis Timmerman out of Syria, official says

Timmerman went missing in June, according to his parents and was freed from prison earlier in the week after Syrian rebel groups ousted Assad.

 Travis Pete Timmerman, a US citizen who went missing in Syria, speaks to press after being found following the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, Syria on December 12, 2024.

Israel at war: What happened on day 434?

Trump team considers hitting Iran nuke sites • Egyptian sources say both sides showing flexibility • US says hostage deal may be close • IDF finds weapons, ammo in Syria buffer zone

 Israeli military forces cross the fence to the buffer zone with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights, on December 11, 2024.

US security adviser Sullivan says Israel is acting in Syria for its own defense

Blinken reiterated Israel's claim that its incursion into Syria is temporary.

 US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, 12 December 2024 in front of torn picture of Syria's ex-president Bashar al-Assad (illustration).

Syrian rebels expose Assad's labs with Captagon, 'poison' drug fueling deadly trade

Captagon, one of the world’s most infamous stimulants, carries a complex legacy with devastating implications for health, society, and politics. 

 A stash of burnt pills is scattered on the grounds of the Mazzeh military air base on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on December 11, 2024.

Syrian rioters set tomb of Hafez al-Assad ablaze in Qardaha

According to an initial report from AFP, rebel groups and bystanders torched the mausoleum of the ousted Syrian president's father in the Latakia region.

 Rebel fighters stand next to the burning gravesite of Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad at his mausoleum in the family's ancestral village of Qardaha in the western Latakia province on December 11, 2024, after it was stormed by opposition factions.