Watching War: Online Mapmakers Chart Syrian Conflict Amateur cartographers report on the shifting battle lines to create maps that are among the most accurate and up-to-date reports on the ...

A new atlas by "guerrilla cartographers" explores the importance of water in everything from ancient mythology to modern warfare.

Assad's forces now have a more expansive geographical footprint than at any time over the past half decade.

A short history of Syria, in maps The most influential people, groups and events that shaped Syria’s role in the Middle East ...

What if you can read them clearly on a map? The same geographic preoccupations are visible now in Russia’s intervention in Syria on behalf of Putin’s ally, Bashar al-Assad.

The American Geographical and Statistical Society held a meeting last evening, at their rooms, in Clinton Hall, Rev. Dr. HAWKS, the President, in the chair. There was a full attendance.

Once again, geography played a decisive role in Syria’s destructive civil war. The Islamic State took control of Raqqa and dominated Mosul.

The collapse of the Assad regime has fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed groups now jostling for control and international players anxious to preserve their regional interests.

AMMAN — In an effort to empower refugees, UNHCR Jordan is training and employing refugees in Zaatari camp in Geographic Informations Systems (GIS), through the programme RefuGIS.The programme, which ...

Maps showing the territorial battle for control of Syria, with information provided by the Syria Needs Analysis Project and the Institute for the Study of War.

This suggests a deeper Israeli engagement in Syria, shifting from merely redrawing the geographic map to actively reshaping Syria's political landscape.

A new bus service linking Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeast with the government-held west, unthinkable before Islamic State was driven from the area, is raising hopes of renewed commerce ...