Syria, a country with a population of about 22 million people ... the rebels and accused Western powers of trying to redraw the map of the region.

The cities of Homs and Hama, two of Syria's largest by population, were also captured by HTS over the course of the campaign, alongside Idlib, under its control since 2017. To the north ...

Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces that have made it so unstable.

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 ...