Syria has for years been controlled by a patchwork of rebel groups including HTS in Idlib and Kurdish-led groups in the country's north east, some of which have also taken territory in recent days and ...
Russia and Iran have sway over government-held areas, the single biggest chunk of Syria. The United States has forces in the northeast and east, backing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
In just two weeks, Syrian rebels have swept from the northwest to capture a string of major cities and topple President Bashar al-Assad after 13 years of civil war. In convoys of small vehicles ...