Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last week, the United Nations’ human rights office said on Tuesday.

After violence broke out between the current and past regimes in Syria, fearful residents have waded across a river to take ...

Iraq's prime minister on Wednesday ordered the formation of a security team to pursue a Shiite militia that has been ...

Syria's fragile transition from decades of Assad family brutal rule has been greatly shaken with an outburst of sectarian retribution and killings, posing a serious challenge to the new leadership led ...

The Haydar family huddled in their apartment while gunmen stalked their hometown of Baniyas, hunting for members of Syria’s ...

Just like in 2011, thousands of Syrians, in this case Alawites, wade through the river that serves as a border with Lebanon to escape the persecution by the allied forces of the new government. The ...

Caution is warranted as regime elements appear to participate in ethnic cleansing.

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

Death toll from Israel’s attacks on Gaza rises as US envoy, Israeli delegates arrive in Doha for truce talks with Hamas.