Unrest is brewing in Syria’s coastal plains, home to the Assad family’s Alawite sect. Earlier this week, a group of regime loyalists staged an ambush on the now-governing rebel forces, killing 14.

Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...

As the fighters who ousted Bashar al-Assad set out to assert control over the country, they pursued former government forces ...

Kurdish-led fighters in Syria, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, say they have launched a counter-offensive against the ...

With the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the scale of his regime's mass killings and executions are coming to light more and more each day. The United Nations said this week the ...

Two camps in northeastern Syria, al-Hol and Roj, hold thousands of alleged Islamic State fighters and their family members.

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Cyprus’ top diplomat says his country stands ready to help eliminate Syria’s remaining chemical weapons stockpiles and to ...

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...