These maps help explain the offensive and what is happening on the ground. Between 25 and 35 million ethnic Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia.

Israeli fighter jets have launched hundreds of airstrikes, while soldiers have seized a buffer zone and captured military ...

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.

Millions of Syrian’s fled to neighbouring countries, especially Turkey, which became the main route for Syrian refugees to reach wider Europe, contributing to the 2015 migrant crisis.

Turkey, Western powers and several Gulf Arab states have backed varying elements of the Syrian opposition to varying ... powers of trying to redraw the map of the region.

"Map of situation in Syria from @rr0162," posted the X account ... He later held talks in Ankara, Turkey, which is one of the rebels' main backers, the Associated Press reported.

Turkey said it is ready to provide military training for the new Syrian government, should such help be needed. Meanwhile, ...

"The terrorist escalation reflects the far-reaching goals of dividing the region and fragmenting the countries in it and redraw the map ... Syria." He said a major question hangs over possible Turkish ...

The United States has forces in the northeast and east, backing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Turkey has troops on the ground in the rebel-held northwest. But the regional power ...

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 ...