A woman from Syria's Alawite minority has spoken about her harrowing experience of being kidnapped and raped by gunmen.

The killing of a Bedouin couple in Syria’s Homs province has triggered renewed sectarian tensions. Authorities reported that the bodies were found Sunday with sectarian slogans at the crime scene.

A precarious calm returned to Syria’s central Homs province on Monday following a day of violent unrest triggered by the murder of a couple from a Bedouin tribe in the town of Zaydal.

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The government appears to have acted quickly to ease tensions, particularly after the violent response to the killing from some tribal members in Homs’s Alawite neighbourhoods. No casualties were ...

One year ago, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad fled the country aboard a Russian military aircraft. Twelve months later, the ...

During the more than decade-long civil war in Syria, millions were displaced in the country and millions more fled abroad as refugees. It’s been almost a year since the war ended and many Syrians are ...

DAMASCUS, Syria(AP) — The killing of a husband and wife from a Bedouin tribe in Syria’s Homs province on Sunday triggered renewed sectarian tensions. The bodies were found at their home in the town of ...