But it also fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed factions now jostling for control, and international players anxious to preserve their regional interests amid the chaos. Here's a map ...

Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces that have made it so unstable. Syria’s cities are among the oldest in the world, but the concept of Syria as a country ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the ...

Syria's new interim government is widely supported. But observers remain cautious over details for the country's democratic future. Is the political program inclusive enough to put Syria's feet back ...

Now, the country is starting ... religions and tribes that has led to so much conflict in Syria’s recent history. Here’s a look at that history, with maps as a guide. Situated between some ...

Hospitals workers say at least 19 people were killed all but one of them women when a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a ...

Syria then was in the throes of full-blown civil war, after the Assad government launched a brutal crackdown on a largely peaceful uprising that started during the Arab Spring. Now, Abu Qasra’s ...

Syria’s economy is in a bad state, to put it very mildly. Not only has the Middle Eastern nation been battered by over a decade of war, the Assad regime, which has been in power since 1971, has now ...