Assad’s fall, at least 64 kidnappings and executions have been recorded in Homs, a major city in central Syria. Most victims are Alawites, the religious minority tied to the Assad family.

Fierce clashes over the past two days between security forces under Syria’s new Islamist government and gunmen belonging to ...

It is the worst violence in Syria since rebels toppled Assad in December and installed an Islamist transitional government. A ...

A UK-based wartime monitor says 52 Alawite minority members of former President Bashar al-Assad were executed.

Sharaa on Friday urged insurgents from ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority to lay down their arms and ...

Sitting in the back room of her pharmacy, Eva Lati summed up the reasons for her concern for Homs, the city where she lives in central Syria. "Fear is widespread, weapons are everywhere." ...

Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

A Syrian war monitor said Friday that security forces "executed" 69 members of the Alawite minority, a day after deadly ...

Up to one million desperate Syrians living in camps and displacement sites across the country’s northwest intend to return ...

For the first time, Syrians fleeing civil war have a chance of returning home. But do those settled on Bute want to?