Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar ...

Among the uncertainties facing Syria is the future of U.S. involvement in the country. Since 2014, Washington has backed a de ...

Ambushes by Assad loyalists are among the fiercest yet, stretching the forces of the former rebels who seized power last year ...

Clashes between Syrian forces and Assad loyalists in the dictator's former heartlands show the risks ahead, writes Middle ...

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was born in October 1982 in Saudi Arabia, where he spent the first seven years of his life. In a rare ...

Over 330 civilians from Syria's Alawite minority have reportedly been killed in reprisals carried out by troops loyal to the country's transitional government. Germany has called for an end to the ...

Members of the Syrian security forces entering the western city of Baniyas in Syria's coastal Tartous province to reinforce ...

The conflict poses a challenge for the new interim president as he tries to unify Syria and extend his authority over the ...

Syria’s coastal region is witnessing escalating violence, with at least 340 Alawite civilians killed in documented field ...

AS the commander of a rebel group allied with al-Qaeda during Syria’s long civil war, Ahmad al-Sharaa – then known as Abu ...

Since Thursday, more than 1,000 people—including Christian minorities and Alawites, the sect to which Assad belongs—have been killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and ...

The recent surge in violence reflects the power vacuum left in the wake of Assad’s downfall. Remnants of Assad’s loyalist ...