At the bottom of Nisrine Ezzedine's garden, cement blocks mark the graves of her husband, son and nephew, all killed by ...

After Islamist-led rebels ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad on December 8, the new authorities sought to reassure minorities in multi-ethnic multi-confessional Syria that they will be protected.

The boys "were supposed to finish school this year", she said quietly. Alawites account for about nine percent of Syria's population, or around 1.7 million people. The community has been ...

The mounting chaos in Homs exemplifies the challenge Mr Sharaa faces all over Syria. His government must ensure the safety of ...

At the bottom of Nisrine Ezzedine's garden, cement blocks mark the graves of her husband, son and nephew, all killed by foreign jihadists in Syria's Alawite minority heartland. After Islamist-led ...

Alawites account for about nine percent of Syria’s population, or around 1.7 million people. The community has been repeatedly targeted since Assad’s ouster.

all killed by foreign jihadists in Syria's Alawite minority heartland. After Islamist-led rebels ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad on December 8, the new authorities sought to reassure ...

Syria. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File) Crucially, most of the military leadership did not defect. This was due in part to the ...

GHAJAR — On a recent morning in the Alawite village of Ghajar, straddling the border between Israel, Lebanon, and Syria, children played in the school playground, a woman hung her laundry on the ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.