Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of sectarian killings began in western Syria, masked men stormed the homes of Alawite ...

Mayada pointed to a divot picked out of the pavement in front of her parents’ house — the hole left by the bullet when gunmen ...

The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're ...

Alawite insurgents are trying to foment sectarian conflict to undermine and destabilize the interim Syrian government.

The U.S. has sent more forces to Syria, tamping down on the immediate threat, but experts warn that the extremist group could ...

Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last week, the United Nations’ human rights office said on Tuesday.

BEIRUT (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was among four civilians killed Monday in Syria ’s Tartous province, provincial officials ...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said armed groups and foreign fighters aligned with the government but not integrated into it were largely responsible for the sectarian violence. By Euan Ward ...

Syria was poised for liberation. Instead, ethnic violence, sectarian dogma, and unchecked power are threatening to turn victory into yet another nightmare.

A monitor of Syria's conflict said 12 civilians, mostly Alawites, were killed on Monday in separate incidents of apparent ...

How has the new Syrian regime reacted? Sharaa has blamed the violence on the remains of Assad’s forces, claiming they were trying to incite sectarian strife. On Sunday, he said his government ...