Messages from survivors of the sectarian violence in which over 1,500 civilians were killed describe methodical carnage, decry the duplicity of Syria's new leadership ...

The one thing holding Syria together now is Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has taken on the near-impossible job of teaching his people ...

Syria’s new leadership faces allegations of mass killings, as Alawite communities endure field executions and mass ...

Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at edge of the occupied Golan Heights and looked out over ...

Mother to son: "If your father were still alive, we would not be in this mess." The father is Hafez al- Assad- the man who got away with the original Hama Massacre of 1982; and the son ...

DUBAI – A Syrian military operation against loyalists of ousted president Bashar al-Assad has been completed, the Defence Ministry said on March 10, after the heaviest fighting since former ...

This rule, initiated by Hafez al-Assad (an Alawite) in 1970, abruptly ended in December last year when a rebel coalition advanced towards Damascus, forcing President Bashar al-Assad to flee. Since his ...

Syria’s Islamist-led government on Monday said it had completed a military operation against a nascent insurgency by Bashar al-Assad loyalists, as it faced Western demands for accountability ...

Many homes of Alawites were looted and then set on fire in different areas.” From 1971, Syria was in the control of Hafez al-Assad, Bashar’s father and all-powerful President, seen by many as a ...

Gunmen loyal to deposed president Bashar al-Assad launched a ruthless attack on the coastal region. Clashes spiralled into revenge attacks on civilians, leaving hundreds dead and thousands displaced.

Syria is witnessing its deadliest eruption of violence since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December. More than 1,300 people have been killed in clashes between the Syrian security forces and ...