Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...

The U.S.-backed Syrian rebel forces have seized the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor in the latest setback for President Bashar al-Assad. Iran-backed Syrian government forces are now withdrawing from ...

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

Israel has pushed troops further into parts of southern Syria, citing the need to secure ... The advances are detailed in a map produced by the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise ...

The UN is urging Syria's interim leaders to take "swift action to protect Syrians" following a wave of violence against the Alawite community At least 1,000 Alawites, including children, have been ...

Hundreds of civilians have been killed in Syria in the last 48 hours, the deadliest eruption of violence since the fall of the Assad regime in December. The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human ...

The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war ...

Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – For two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, pursuing members of Syria's ...

"We have to preserve national unity and domestic peace, we can live together," he said. "Rest assured about Syria, this country has the characteristics for survival. "What is currently happening ...

Syria's interim government is facing growing international pressure over allegations its security forces and affiliated groups killed hundreds of civilians in recent days. At least 1,000 Alawites ...