The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protest
Bombed out vehicles Aleppo
People's Defense Units defending Ras al Ayn against al Nusra Front terrorists
Combined Joint U.S., Turkey Patrols
Syrians celebrate the fall of Assad at the Umayyad mosque, 14 December 2024
War crimes in the Syrian civil war have been numerous and serious. A United Nations report published in August 2014 stated that "the conduct of the warring parties in the Syrian Arab Republic has caus
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic present their 6th report to the Human Rights Council on September 16, 2013. The image shows the four commissioners (left to right): Vitit Muntarbhorn, Carla Del Ponte, Karen Koning Abuzayd, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro
Wounded civilians arrive at a hospital in Aleppo during the Syrian civil war, October 2012
Victims of chemical weapon attack on civilians in Ghouta, an opposition held area.