The coastal region of Syria, where the violence has taken place, is the heartland of the Alawite minority, and a stronghold of the Assad family, which belong to the Alawite sect ...

The death toll from recent clashes in Syria has surpassed 1,000, with significant casualties among civilians, security forces ...

More than 1,000 people have been killed in fighting between forces of the new government and remnants of the ousted regime, ...

Syria is experiencing its deadliest period since the ousting of longtime President Bashar al-Assad three months ago, as ...

Syrian security forces are slaughtering Alawites, an ethnic minority, killing militia fighters and civilians, according to ...

Hundreds of people, including over 125 civilians, have been killed along Syria s Mediterranean coast in what authorities ...

The recent surge in violence reflects the power vacuum left in the wake of Assad’s downfall. Remnants of Assad’s loyalist ...

Syria’s new rulers have been accused of carrying out massacres after a major uprising against their authority. On Thursday night, more than 90 people were reported killed and dozens more wounded in ...

Clashes between Syria's new authorities and gunmen loyal to ousted dictator Bashar Assad have killed at least 147 people over ...

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar ...

Ambushes by Assad loyalists are among the fiercest yet, stretching the forces of the former rebels who seized power last year ...

A Syrian war monitor says gunmen loyal to the government have stormed three villages near Syria’s coast, killing nearly 70 men. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the killings ...