Syrian rebels

Syrian football federation changes kit colour as Assad toppled

Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and six decades of his family's autocratic rule.

World reacts to Assad's ouster in Syria

Following are reactions from around the world to events in Syria

Syrian rebels topple President Assad

Russian foreign minister says Assad left the country

Turkey: IS has lost all territory along Syria-Turkey border

Islamic State group is expelled from the last strip of territory it controlled along the Syrian-Turkish border by Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels.

IS advance near Turkish border, civilians trapped

Islamic State fighters capture territory from Syrian rebels near the Turkish border and inch closer to a town on a supply route for foreign-backed insurgents fighting the jihadists, a monitoring group said.

11 civilians dead in attacks in Syria's Aleppo: monitor

At least 11 civilians were killed in Syria's second city Aleppo in one of the highest single tolls since a fragile truce came into force, a monitor says.

Syria crisis: Rebels 'leave Homs' under truce

Syrian rebels begin evacuating the last area they hold in the city of Homs under a ceasefire deal reached with the government, a monitoring group has said.

December 9, 2024
December 9, 2024

Syrian football federation changes kit colour as Assad toppled

Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and six decades of his family's autocratic rule.

December 8, 2024
December 8, 2024

World reacts to Assad's ouster in Syria

Following are reactions from around the world to events in Syria

December 8, 2024
December 8, 2024

Syrian rebels topple President Assad

Russian foreign minister says Assad left the country

September 5, 2016
September 5, 2016

Turkey: IS has lost all territory along Syria-Turkey border

Islamic State group is expelled from the last strip of territory it controlled along the Syrian-Turkish border by Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels.

May 28, 2016
May 28, 2016

IS advance near Turkish border, civilians trapped

Islamic State fighters capture territory from Syrian rebels near the Turkish border and inch closer to a town on a supply route for foreign-backed insurgents fighting the jihadists, a monitoring group said.

April 17, 2016
April 17, 2016

11 civilians dead in attacks in Syria's Aleppo: monitor

At least 11 civilians were killed in Syria's second city Aleppo in one of the highest single tolls since a fragile truce came into force, a monitor says.

December 9, 2015
December 9, 2015

Syria crisis: Rebels 'leave Homs' under truce

Syrian rebels begin evacuating the last area they hold in the city of Homs under a ceasefire deal reached with the government, a monitoring group has said.