But it also fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed factions now jostling for control, and international players anxious to preserve their regional interests amid the chaos. Here's a map ...

Map: Where is Syria and how are its neighbours involved ... Israel also says it has temporarily seized control of a demilitarized buffer zone in the Golan Heights, saying the 1974 disengagement ...

But it also fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed factions now jostling for control, and international players anxious to preserve their regional interests amid the chaos. Here's a map ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Early in Syria's civil war, the Syrian government lost control over much of the country to rebel factions, Kurdish fighters and Islamic State (IS, Daesh). It gradually clawed background with ...

Here's a helpful map to see who controls what in Syria right now. Every day those areas of control are shifting, with the Syrian government's forces retreating to Damascus, Homs and the coastal ...

After taking Syria's second city Aleppo at the end of November, the rebels continued their offensive, moving south to take control of the city of Hama last Thursday. The advance continued at pace ...

Rebels have launched a major offensive against the government in Syria, seizing cities in a lightning advance that has expanded the territory under their control ... redraw the map of the region.

Dozens of groups and factions are currently active in Syria, but there are four main ones, each functioning as a meta-coalition. Report.