Between March 7 and 9, the towns of al-Sanobar and Huraysun were taken over by Islamist factions allied with the new Syrian ...

Syrian security forces and allied groups have killed 973 civilians, including women and children, in massacres in coastal areas and the Latakia Mountains. The violence targets the Alawite community, ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time ...

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ... adding that thousands of people have fled to nearby mountains for safety. Residents of Baniyas, one of the towns worst hit by the ...

Reuters reported in December that Russia was pulling back forces from front lines in northern Syria and from posts in mountains dominated by Assad's Alawite community, but was not leaving its two ...

WATCH: Syria’s once-empowered Alawite minority ... adding that thousands of people have fled to nearby mountains for safety. Residents of Baniyas, one of the towns worst hit by the violence ...

Women kidnapped, children massacred and thousands from the Alawite minority escaping to the mountains for asylum from other atrocities reportedly carried out by Syrian interim president Ahmed al ...