Analysis: What to know about HTS, Hezbollah and Iran after Assad’s fall in Syria
The ascendance of Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria should be viewed with great caution by Western powers, but the Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical...
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Syrian uprising like ‘choosing between monsters and maniacs’, says MP
A New Forest MP has warned against idealising opposition groups in Syria following the fall of Bashar Assad's regime. Speaking in the House of Commons,...
Swiss parliament approves a five-year ban on Hamas
The House of Representatives accepted the Hamas ban on Wednesday by 168 votes to six. A faction of the Green Party abstained. The Senate had...
Daesh executes 54 government forces in Homs, rights group says
Daesh executed 54 members of the Syrian government forces as they tried to escape through the Homs desert in central Syria as the regime of...
Is it a new dawn for Syria or a terror state in the making?
The sudden downfall of Bashar al-Assad’s decades-long regime in Syria marks a watershed moment in the region’s turbulent history. Yet, the victory of the Islamist...
New Zealand spy agency says terror attack remains ‘realistic possibility’
A terror attack in New Zealand remains a "realistic possibility" over the next year as evolving global and domestic security trends continue to drive extremist...
Terror red alert as Syria chaos sparks warning ISIS is poised for a terrifying resurgence
Violent jihadists are already trying to fill the power “vacuum” in Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s regime was overthrown, it has emerged. Military and spy chiefs...
Former al Qaeda chief Abu Mohammed al-Golani led overthrow of Syria’s Assad
As the commander of al Qaeda's franchise in the Syrian civil war, Abu Mohammed al-Golani was a shadowy figure who kept out of the public...
Behind the fall of Aleppo
Since the Syrian civil war began, around 2012, approximately 6.9 million people have been internally displaced, and an additional 6.8 million are refugees, mainly in...
The Patient Efforts Behind Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Success in Aleppo
“God willing,” the militant told his lieutenants, they would “be able to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Aleppo and Damascus soon.” That militant was Abu Muhammad...
Russian attacks on Aleppo for the first time since 2016
Following a rebel offensive, the Syrian city of Aleppo has been hit by Russian airstrikes. Russian warplanes flew attacks on parts of the city of...
Al-Qaida-linked group claims major advance in Syria, army says it’s fighting back
An al-Qaida-linked rebel group operating in Syria says it launched a major offensive and has gained territory in the country's northwest but the Syrian army...