The collection of rebel groups fighting to depose President Bashar al-Assad of Syria pushed further south on Friday toward a major city en route to the capital, as the government’s chief patron, Iran, moved to evacuate military commanders and other
Image Anti-regime fighters near a road leading to Hama province.Credit...Bakr Alkasem/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesFighting rages in Syria as rebels advance Rebel forces advanced in Syria amid fierce fighting, capturing the airport and the mili
A brazen nighttime prison release. Presidential posters set on fire. Children playing in the halls of a palace once controlled by the former regime. The fall of Damascus, Syria’s capital, happened quickly and dramatically, and much of what we know a