Gunmen have killed six Alawite civilians on the coast and in the interior of the country in the past 24 hours, sources in the ...

One man accused of killing an Alawite during the sectarian violence in March tells the BBC that armed civilians were advised ...

Hamas officials accused some of the looters of working in collaboration with Israel, which has sealed off aid from entering ...

The new government has pledged to unify Syria after overthrowing the Assad dictatorship. One of its biggest challenges is ...

The UN says tens of thousands of people remain displaced following the sectarian violence Human rights groups estimate that almost 900 civilians, mainly Alawites, were killed by pro-government ...

Um Hassan says she was forced to surrender Damascus home within 24 hours after brother arrested; rights group says thousands ...

Rights groups reported widespread revenge killings resulting as militants from Syria's Sunni majority targeted Alawites, regardless of whether they were involved in the insurgency. Advertisement ...

Syria cannot hope to rebuild itself if it fails in preventing sectarian tensions from erupting into wide-scale violence.

A hundred people have died in clashes between Druze and Sunni militias near Damascus and Suwayda. The spiritual leader of ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad According to human rights groups, more than 1,000 civilians — mostly Alawites, an Islamic minority to which Assad belongs — were killed in ...