The bloodletting between Alawites and forces backing Syria’s new government surprised many. But tensions had been building since the ouster of President Assad.

Sectarian-driven killings of civilians this month displayed the government’s weak control over both its own forces and ...

Syria’s army attacked Lebanon after it said three soldiers were kidnapped, brought to Lebanon and killed by Hezbollah ...

The Syrian Defense Ministry sent dozens of military vehicles to the border following the killing of three Syrian soldiers by ...

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

Christians and other religious minorities in Syria fear the Middle Eastern nation has traded one oppressor for another since ...

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

Syria’s new leadership faces allegations of mass killings, as Alawite communities endure field executions and mass ...

Assaults on the country's Alawite minority continue despite promises that Syria's new leaders will carve out a future that ...

After the outbreaks of violence in Syria at the weekend, activists said on Tuesday that members of the Alawite religious ...

Syria’s interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has formed a committee to investigate the violence in some cities that killed ...