Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces that have made it so unstable.

Syria was particularly crucial to Moscow, as Mr. al-Assad’s regime provided key naval air bases for the Russian military; those forces have had to withdraw. Iran ... put up the show of a ...

But in the past year it has gone further, showing its aircraft can ... warning radars and sensors in both Syria and Iraq, which were part of a network Iran established in the region to detect ...

Iran has been on the defensive for months, facing direct attacks from Israel and weathering losses in Lebanon and Syria. New U.S. sanctions are expected to target Iranian oil sales to China ...

In the past weeks, a flurry of EU officials have shown up in Damascus to show support for the new ... Following Russia and Iran, Syria is the world’s third country with the highest number ...

Netanyahu arrived in Washington D.C. ahead of an extensive series of meetings with Trump this week to discuss the ethnic ...

The country’s national carrier, Turkish Airlines, will resume flights to Syria on January 23rd. Map: The Economist As ... aid and has offered to replace Iran as Syria’s main oil supplier.

However, its groups found themselves beaten back as Assad, supported by Iran and Russia, fought the war into a stalemate in Syria. That changed with the December lightning offensive led by al ...

The EU foreign ministers will gather Monday to discuss and potentially agree on proposals to ease sanctions on Syria.

IRAN'S tyrannical regime has been secretly building nuclear warheads for missiles that can fire more than 3,000km, chilling new docs show ... by the downfall of Syria's dictatorship, Iran's ...

While many view Assad’s removal as a step toward justice, the power vacuum it leaves behind presents equally daunting challenges for Syria’s future. HTS has vowed to show tolerance for Syria ...

Diplomatic and military negotiators from the United States, Turkey, Syria and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are showing more ... group straddling Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Armenia ...