Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces ... 1918 Damascus and Aleppo were separate administrative provinces within the Ottoman empire. These regions, or vilayets ...

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

AFPTV footage showed rebels pushing into Hama province in central Syria. Russia first intervened ... rebel advance a bid to 'redraw' regional map appeared first on HESPRESS English - Morocco ...