Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...

Syrian army sends reinforcements to Latakia and Tartus provinces, including hundreds of vehicles equipped with tanks, armored personnel carriers, and multiple rocket launchers Following an attack ...

Intense battles between Syrian transitional government forces and fighters loyal to removed leader Basher al-Assad continue ...

It added that fighters loyal to former Syrian army Gen. Suheil al-Hassan, also known as Tiger, took part in the attacks against security forces. Tensions have been on the rise in Syria with ...

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She was accused of having had a “jihad-al-nikah” (intercourse with several men belonging to the opposition Free Syrian Army). In addition, officers threatened to check whether or not she was a ...

Syrian authorities face insurgency by Assad's Alawite sect Many killed in one Alawite town, monitor and activists say Saudi Arabia supports Syrian government against insurgency DAMASCUS, March 7 ...

As David Kenner at Foreign Policy documented in September, groups such as Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and the al-Nusra Front, both known Al Qaeda affiliates, have begun fighting with ...