The Israeli military said it had carried out a warning strike against “extremists” preparing to attack members of the Druse religious 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 ...

A war monitor and an activist group say clashes broke out in the Syrian capital between local gunmen belonging to the ...

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 ...

The Alawite Muslim group was seen as privileged during the rule of former leader Bashar Assad but has suffered repeated violence since his fall.