In the worst outbreak of unrest since Syria’s transitional government took power, hundreds of people have been killed or ...

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

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo were the first such clashes there since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

At least 70 people have died in armed clashes between Syria's security forces and forces still loyal to deposed dictator ...

The Economist’s Syria correspondent Gareth Browne was in Latakia when violence erupted, seemingly set off by Assad regime loyalists. He tells Becky Anderson about the apparently out-of-control ...

More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants ...