Syria's interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...

Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...

Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported killed in violence that has swept the coastal region since Thursday.

Alawites are an Arab ethnic and religious group, with distinct cultures, languages and religious beliefs. They live mainly in ...

The announcement comes as the fighting between pro-Assad militias and members of the security forces killed more than 1,000 ...

While Alawites are generally considered an offshoot of Shia Islam, their beliefs and practices are far more complex ...

More than 1,000 people were killed after two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President ...

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted president Bashar ...

In the worst outbreak of unrest since Syria’s transitional government took power, hundreds of people have been killed or ...

Syria's interim government on Monday announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...

Gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new Islamist rulers killed more than 340 people, the head of a war monitor said.

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo marked the first such clashes there since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.