Rebels have launched a major offensive against the government in Syria, seizing cities in a lightning ... Western powers of trying to redraw the map of the region.

The rebels’ rapid advance from their strongholds in northern Syria has seen them take the strategic cities of Aleppo, Hama and Homs, as government forces melted away. Earlier, rebels said they ...

The map from the Institute for Study of War and AEI's Critical Threats Project showed the Israeli army advancing south of Damascus countryside and in Daraa province in southern Syria. Netanyahu ...

The United Nations is responsible for patrolling the zone. On Saturday, Israel said it intervened to help U.N. personnel after armed people attacked a U.N. position in the area of Hader, within Syria.