When the new government took over, it dismissed the Assad regime police and other forces, leaving a security vacuum. Now, ...

The violence has pitted the Islamist-led government's security forces against fighters from Assad's Alawite minority. The ...

Prior to Thursday's escalation, Alawite activists had reported violence and attacks on their community following Assad's ouster, particularly in rural Homs and Latakia. Sharaa, in a speech on Sunday, ...

Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...

Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...

A sanctioned MR tanker has exported the first Russian diesel to Syria in more than 10 years, shipping data shows. The ...

For 14 years, Syria has been engulfed in a civil war. Until three months ago, dictator Bashar al-Assad controlled the ...

Greece has been deeply alarmed over the renewed violence that broke out in Syria last week, in which over 1,000 people are ...

The days-long conflict has been among Syria's deadliest in a decade. Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed, including women ...

Assad’s fall, at least 64 kidnappings and executions have been recorded in Homs, a major city in central Syria. Most victims are Alawites, the religious minority tied to the Assad family.

At least 973 civilians, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in recent days as forces of the new ...