Violence is accelerating under Syria’s new Islamist government, as is the persecution of ethnic and religious minorities.

The latest violence in Syria shows just how far the country has to go to overcome decades of repression and division stoked ...

India strengthens ties with Syrian provisional government post-Assad era, focusing on mutual interests and humanitarian ...

The first group of Syrian refugees returned home from Lebanon on Tuesday under a new plan the United Nations developed with the Lebanese government following the downfall of Bashar Assad's rule in ...

As bloody crises often ravage our countries, we find ourselves confronted with a bitter truth: our homelands are deeply wounded and lie atop wells of fear. People often tend to paint a rosy picture of ...

On Thursday, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported deadly clashes erupting between Syrian government forces and pro-Assad groups in the coastal Latakia province.

Russia was a major backer of Assad, providing his forces and Iranian-backed proxies air support as they fought not only against Islamic State (IS) militants but also rebels opposed to Assad’s ...

Since Assad's fall, Israel has launched airstrikes, seized a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone inside Syria and threatened to invade to protect the Druze religious minority after Druze factions clashed ...

Over 1,300 people have been killed in fierce clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, according to a war monitor, in a serious challenge to the country’s new rulers.