Last week we gave readers a topographic map of the world and asked them where is Syria? A paltry 37.7 percent picked correctly, though 51.8 percent were within 100 miles. Here are the results, in ...

2003-05-04 04:00:00 PDT Damascus, Syria-- Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed President Bashar Assad during talks here Saturday to adapt to changes unfolding in the Middle East, and said later ...

Baathist leaders struggled to unify Syria which, to this day, is a patchwork of ideologies, religions and ethnicities (see map 4). In 1970 the defence minister, Hafez al-Assad, took over the party ...

A visual guide to the latest developments after Syrian rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad 13 years after the start of the country's civil war.

Syria Map Shows Buffer Zone Amid Israel's Advances. Published Dec 10, 2024 at 9:39 AM EST Updated Dec 10, 2024 at 10:48 AM EST. By . Michael D. Carroll is a Newsweek Breaking News Editor based in ...

The map below shows the territorial control of various groups as of 11:30 GMT on December 16, 2024. (Al Jazeera) There have been four main groups competing for control on the ground in Syria.

Syria’s Factions Explained in a Map. Story by Michael Amon, Elizaveta Galkina, Daniel Kiss • 12h. T he stunning fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria thrusts several rebel groups and ...

Syria in a map: Who controls what now that Assad is gone? By Audrey Courty. Topic: Unrest, Conflict and War. Thu 12 Dec Thursday 12 December Thu 12 Dec 2024 at 7:27pm.

The stunning fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria thrusts several rebel groups and foreign powers into the spotlight as they vie for control and influence. There are Turkish-backed rebels and ...

Syria, with a population of about 22 million people, is located on the east coast of the Mediterranean sea. It borders Turkey to the north, Lebanon and Israel to the west and south west, Iraq to ...

On Monday, Netanyahu said that Israel would occupy the summit of Mount Hermon, which is within the buffer zone on the Syria-Lebanon border, and at 9,232 feet is the highest peak in the eastern ...

Syria, with a population of about 22 million people, is located on the east coast of the Mediterranean sea. It borders Turkey to the north, Lebanon and Israel to the west and south west, Iraq to ...