Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces ... 1918 Damascus and Aleppo were separate administrative provinces within the Ottoman empire. These regions, or vilayets ...

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

Another car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a city in northern Syria on Monday, killing at least 19 people and leaving over ...