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

The sect has its roots in Shia Islam. The word Alawite means “follower of Ali,” the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet ...

Akram has been watching helplessly as his neighbours' homes burn from a hilltop where he took refuge after pro-government gunmen raided villages in the coastal area, the heartland of the Alawite ...

Security forces loyal to Syria’s new government have been accused of massacring hundreds of civilians in coastal Alawite and ...

The violence that has killed hundreds across Syria reached Damascus and Aleppo on Monday, after Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed to ...

The overnight incident in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping ...

The government of Syria says it has ended an operation in the coastal governorates of Latakia and Tartous after four days of ...

Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, ...

Violence is flaring across parts of western Syria, as forces of the self-styled Syrian transitional government have clashed with Alawite militias and ...

Syria's interim government on Monday announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted president Bashar Assad and his family in the worst fighting since the end of ...

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