Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

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

Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...

What has driven the violence, how has interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa reacted, and what have world power said?

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

Syria witnesses its deadliest violence since Assad’s ouster, with over 1,000 killed. The conflict between Sunni-led ...

Germany's foreign ministry urged Syria's transitional government to halt recent violence and investigate clashes between Assad loyalists and new rulers, resulting in over 1,000 deaths. The ministry ...

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.

Fierce clashes over the past two days between security forces under Syria’s new Islamist government and gunmen belonging to ...

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

Syrian security forces are seen on the Tartous-Latakia highway in Latakia province, northwestern Syria, on March 7, 2025.

A monitoring group says 973 civilians have been killed in revenge attacks against the Alawite sect since Thursday.