Syrian human rights activist Ribal al-Assad tore into Europe for lifting sanctions against the nation’s new "terrorist" regime, which he warned is no better than his first cousin, ousted leader ...

The brothers were part of an unprecedented uprising against the regime of Bashar al-Assad that erupted in 2011. But this strategy of detaining family members of rebels created a new problem for ...

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.

Syria has seen the worst outbreak of violence since the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad late last year, after armed men descended on Alawite heartlands on Thursday in what Syrian ...

More than 1,000 have died since Thursday amid fighting between Syrian government forces and supporters of former President ...

Assad fled to Russia, his main ally. The country’s new authorities led by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa have faced serious obstacles. Just days before Saturday’s anniversary, clashes ...

Last week, gunmen from the Alawite minority sect, loyal to al-Assad, launched an ambush on a Syrian security patrol that sparked the worst bloodshed since the former leader was overthrown in early ...

Defence Ministry spokesman says security threats had been neutralised in al-Assad strongholds of Latakia and Tartous. Members of the Syrian security forces stop vehicles at a checkpoint ...

Clashes between government security forces and supporters of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 311 people in Syria since Thursday, according to a monitoring group that ...