Syria, a country 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 ... to redraw the map of the region.

As rebels make progress in their fight against Assad's government, Newsweek has mapped the regional approach to the conflict.

Security sources have stated that Israeli forces in Syria have reached the southern city of Qatana, around 16 miles from ...

along the Western portion of the country bordering Lebanon and the port cities of Litakia and Tartus, through to the capital, Damascus. The cities of Homs and Hama, two of Syria's largest by ...

In just two weeks, Syrian rebels have swept from their enclave in the north west to capture a string of major cities, before reaching the capital Damascus and toppling President Bashar al-Assad ...