A religious minority in Syria, the Alawite sect makes up 12% of the country's population, whose majority belongs to the Sunni ...

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.

Syria's defence ministry announced on Monday the end of a major security operation in coastal provinces, after days of ...

On March 6, clashes broke out between the security forces loyal to the new Syrian authorities and the armed groups supporting former Syrian President Bashar Assad in the provinces of Latakia, Tartus, ...

Public institutions are now able ‘to resume operations and provide essential services,’ defense ministry spokesperson says - ...

We hear shooting all around us – far away and close.” In what appears to be some of the worst violence seen in Syria since ...

Syria's new leader has vowed accountability and an investigation after reports of mass killings of Alawite civilians ...

A human rights group characterized the killings as executions and massacres, carried out in revenge against the Alawite ...

The Syrian interim government’s forces have regained control over costal areas and are chasing pro-Assad armed groups in ...

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ...

Syria's government on Sunday announced a probe after the killing of Alawite civilians triggered an international backlash ...

The resumption of hostilities in Syria could change everything, and the Russian military could suddenly find itself in a ...