The sectarian-tinged violence was directed at a suburb of the Syrian capital with a large population from the Druse minority.

On March 6, clashes broke out in the provinces of Latakia, Tartus and Homs between members of the security forces of Syria’s transitional government and supporters of former President Bashar Assad ...

Authorities in Syria have assured a thorough investigation into clashes that are reported to have killed 13 people in a town ...

F or miles around, as far as the eye can see, the eastern suburbs of Damascus are a sea of undulating rubble and skeletal ...

A sectarian-fueled killing spree exposed how fragile peace is in Syria, where the government’s control is limited and tension ...

Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables and ...

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BEIRUT (AP) — A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious ... near the coastal city of Latakia last month, it sparked ...

Members of the Alawite minority gather outside the Russian air base in Hmeimim, near Latakia in Syria’s coastal region in March (Omar Albam/AP) While no official figures have been released by ...

Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that more than 1,700 people, most of them civilians, were killed in March. Members of the Alawite minority gather outside ...