In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government’s ...

However, despite being the architects of Assad's downfall, HTS's ability to govern over Syria, filled with ... the borders of Turkey and Iraq. This includes the city of Raqqa, which the group ...

In October 2014, ISIS territory in Syria and Iraq was at its maximum ... of Baghdad including major cities like Mosul, Fallujah, Tikrit, and Raqqa. The map of ISIS territory from October 2017 ...