The government appears to have acted quickly to ease tensions, particularly after the violent response to the killing from some tribal members in Homs’s Alawite neighbourhoods. No casualties were ...

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has called for a referendum on a new national constitution, despite the fact there's been no let up in the fighting in the city of Homs. Syrian state TV announced that ...

Refugees who managed to escape the ruined city of Homs say Syrian troops are kidnapping and executing unarmed civilians attempting to escape from the war-ravaged area. BBC reporter Paul Wood and ...

Amid unusual public anger, tighter security measures, and official efforts to calm the situation, Syria now finds itself at a ...

Deadly clashes in Syria’s Homs province have renewed fears over state control and minority safety, as Bedouin fighters targeted Alawites and authorities imposed extended curfews.

Syrian interior minister Anas Khattab visited Homs, Hama, and Latakia after Alawites and Sunnis held rival protests and ...

PARIS (Reuters) -French investigating judges have issued arrest warrants for seven former top Syrian officials, including ex-President Bashar al-Assad, for the bombing of a press centre in Homs in ...

A precarious calm returned to Syria’s central Homs province on Monday following a day of violent unrest triggered by the ...

The killing of a Bedouin couple in Syria’s Homs province has triggered renewed sectarian tensions. Authorities reported that ...