Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

The question asked by many Syrians from Alawite, Shiite, Druse, Christian and other minority communities has become: “Can [I] ...

Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

The blood spilled in Syria's Alawite villages and cities cries out for acknowledgement. Will we listen, or turn away, comfortable in our selective compassion?

Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...

Oweis said Syrian forces looted hundreds of Christian homes during the assault on Alawite communities between the coastal towns of Tartus and Latakia. Jihadis stormed the home of Oweis’s friend and ...

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa hailed the start of a “new history” for his country on Thursday, signing into force a ...

Thousands have fled into Lebanon after tensions between Syria’s Alawite minority and forces backing the new government exploded last week.

This raised doubts that the new leadership’s intent was not only to suppress armed dissent but also to punish the civilian ...

It was a bloody weekend in Syria, where forces loyal to the government reportedly killed hundreds of civilians.

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...