Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...

The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the ...

Gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new Islamist rulers killed more than 340 people, the head of a war monitor said.

Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, ...

The United States and European Union came to polar opposite conclusions over the recent massacres of Alawites, Christians, ...

A Syrian war monitor said Friday that security forces "executed" 69 members of the Alawite minority, a day after deadly ...

Syrian security forces and their allies have killed 340 civilians belonging to the country's Alawite minority since Thursday, ...

While Alawites are generally considered an offshoot of Shia Islam, their beliefs and practices are far more complex ...

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...

The violence has pitted the Islamist-led government's security forces against fighters from Assad's Alawite minority. The ...

The announcement comes as the fighting between pro-Assad militias and members of the security forces killed more than 1,000 ...

The whole world is silent, we only heard a voice from the State of Israel' • 'Help us, and if you reach the Syrian coast, ...