Assad, the violence in the Alawite strongholds in the west of the country, followed a few days later by the signing of a ...

Armed men stormed the home of Noureddine al-Labbad in the town of Al-Sanamayn, opening fire on him and his brother before fleeing, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.

Over 1,200 Alawites killed in Syria’s Mediterranean coast amid post-Assad violence, raising sectarian tensions.

Survivors, witnesses and rights groups describe wave of violence since last Thursday Syria's defence ministry announced on ...

Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last ...

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...

After violence broke out between the current and past regimes in Syria, fearful residents have waded across a river to take ...

Over the weekend, many watched in horror as reports poured out of Syria detailing the slaughter of Christians and other ...

Recent violence in Syria has sparked fears of further instability as leaders call for lifting sanctions to ease economic woes ...

Hundreds reported killed in violence in Syria’s coastal region, which is heavily populated by Alawites. Entire families ...

A Syrian fact-finding committee investigating sectarian killings during clashes by rival groups during an insurgency by ...

This past weekend's sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 ...