In the past week, the Pentagon has acknowledged that its footprint in Iraq and Syria is bigger than it has claimed for years ...

The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.

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.

Rebels have launched a major offensive against the government in Syria, seizing cities in a lightning ... Lebanon and Israel to the west and southwest, Iraq to the east and Jordan to the south.

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 ...