Some of the worst violence in years drives members of a minority sect linked to fallen Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to flee ...

The recent surge of violence in Syria lays bare the challenges interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa faces in delivering on his ...

had descended on the region and were looking for Alawites – a religious minority to which Syria’s former leader Bashar ...

At least 12 civilians, mostly Alawites, were killed in separate incidents of apparent sectarian violence in Syria's coastal ...

Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community published on March 2025, paints a grim picture of Syria’s future.

Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of sectarian killings began in western Syria, masked men stormed the homes of Alawite ...

Syria’s new transitional government has been sworn in nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as ...

The State Department voiced cautious optimism over the new cabinet, which includes members of Syria’s Christian, Alawite, ...

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Sharaa, announced the composition of the new government, which will be the first step towards the political transformation of ...

A 12-year-old boy was among four civilians killed Monday in Syria ’s Tartous province, provincial officials said. The coastal ...