After Islamist-led rebels ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad on December 8, the new authorities sought to reassure minorities in multi-ethnic multi-confessional Syria that they will be protected.

Gunmen killed at least 10 people in Syria on Friday in an attack on a village from former president Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

The mounting chaos in Homs exemplifies the challenge Mr Sharaa faces all over Syria. His government must ensure the safety of ...

Because of its religious diversity and bloody history during the civil war, the city is considered a test case for the new ...

The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations reiterated Tehran's call for the formation of an “inclusive” government in Syria ...

Since the Islamist HTS militia seized power in Syria, reports of excessive violence and executions of members of religious ...

GHAJAR — On a recent morning in the Alawite village of Ghajar, straddling the border between Israel, Lebanon, and Syria, children played in the school playground, a woman hung her laundry on the ...

all killed by foreign jihadists in Syria's Alawite minority heartland. After Islamist-led rebels ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad on December 8, the new authorities sought to reassure ...

Alawites account for about nine percent of Syria’s population, or around 1.7 million people. The community has been repeatedly targeted since Assad’s ouster.

At the bottom of Nisrine Ezzedine's garden, cement blocks mark the graves of her husband, son and nephew, all killed by foreign jihadists in Syria's Alawite minority heartland. After Islamist-led ...