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

Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

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

Syrian security forces deployed heavily in the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast on Saturday, after a war monitor ...

Sharaa, promises inclusivity in a nation with a complex sectarian and religious landscape. His leadership faces challenges ...

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

Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni populations who ...

Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...

The agreement provides for the integration of the armed forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the de facto autonomous ...

Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...

Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.