Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen ... we are at another crossroads in the aftermath of the collapse of Syria, one of the Western-created nation-states.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar stated that the military undertook "targeted and temporary control of certain areas near the border to prevent an Oct. 7 scenario from Syria," referring to the ...

Images verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad unit shed light on Israel’s plans after it expanded area of control in Syria.

The army distributed photos of troops trekking through the snow on the Syrian side of the border and video of soldiers and an earth mover establishing a new barrier. A day earlier, the army ...

backing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which control swaths of territory on the border with Turkey and Iraq. About 2,000 U.S. troops remain both in the northeast and at a remote base in ...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday announced an agreement with his Syrian counterpart, Ahmed al-Sharaa, to coordinate efforts in securing the borders between the two countries amid recent ...

Turkish troops are massed on the border; its drones threaten the SDC. Syrian Kurds are America’s allies with whom we share values and strategic interests. Syrian Kurds espouse grassroots ...

“Right now, we have a political decision, we have a road map, we have a step-for-step approach.” Syria conducts very little trade with Europe currently, largely because of a sweeping sanctions ...

By the end of 1985, Syria was positioning S-75s near the Lebanese border, alarming Israel, which protested that these systems could threaten its frequent surveillance flights over Lebanon.

Baraa Katerji was killed in a suspected Israeli strike in Syria near the Lebanese border in July. Israel did not comment on the strike. Hussam Katerji and his businesses are under U.S. sanctions ...

To avoid an open confrontation with Turkey (and further the West), ISIL leaves the control of the border posts to the Free Syria n Army and ... be represented on the map). They surround now ...