Over 1,200 Alawites killed in Syria’s Mediterranean coast amid post-Assad violence, raising sectarian tensions.

Since former president Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December, many Alawites -- his sect -- have feared reprisals for his ...

After violence broke out between the current and past regimes in Syria, fearful residents have waded across a river to take ...

A committee formed by Syria's new authorities to investigate a wave of deadly violence said the country was determined to ...

A Syrian military operation against remnants of the former Assad regime has now ended, having sparked some of the worst ...

At least 973 civilians were killed in the initial attack by Alawite gunmen and killings that followed as the military and security forces intervened, the independent monitoring group Syrian ...

Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last ...

Caution is warranted as regime elements appear to participate in ethnic cleansing.

This is exactly the kind of violence that should have international media splashing over, but it didn’t get the attention it ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that Washington welcomed an agreement between the Kurdish-led and ...

Syria's new government is struggling to impose order in a country where some are settling scores. Sunni Arab fighters have killed members of the same religious sect as the deposed president.