Thousands of Syrian rebel fighters have pushed forward with their offensive in the northwest, moving closer to the city of ...

Syria launched airstrikes to push back the rebels who have taken the northern city of Aleppo in a surprise strike, prompting ...

The Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) transformed the IRGC into more of a conventional fighting force, with a command structure similar to that of Western militaries. Now highly institutionalized ...

Iran. Iranian officials have publicly framed the halt in fighting as a victory for their ally. But behind the scenes, they worked quietly for a cease-fire, diplomats said, a tacit admission of the ...

Syrian rebels' capture of Aleppo from President Bashar al-Assad has brought the Syrian civil war back into focus, jolting ...

The Syrian military rushed reinforcements to the northwest and launched airstrikes Sunday in an attempt to push back ...

Iran has been a key political and military ... each with its own interests to protect in Syria — into direct heavy fighting against each other. The insurgents announced their offensive Wednesday ...

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