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In the early phase of the Syrian civil war, Iran denied the presence of its forces on Syrian soil despite evidence to the ...

A CNN investigation sheds light on the massacre of an Alawite community in al-Sanobar, or Pine village, where government-aligned forces subjected largely unarmed villagers to summary executions, ...

AL-MASSAOUDIYE — Sara (a pseudonym) wore a fuzzy rainbow jacket, her blue rubber sandals caked in thick mud as she trudged up ...

Recent acts of violence in Syrian coastal cities have revealed an escalation of sectarian risks, leading to further political and social polarization. The security apparatus loyal to the new ...

Ordnance from Syria’s 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, collapsing a building and killing more than a dozen people, the Syrian Civil Defense ...

A blast in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, was caused by unexploded ordnance, according to The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The explosion in the Al-Rimal neighborhood resulted in at ...

Syria's Christians, already abused by decades of war and oppression, saw the massacre as a chilling reminder of their own ...

The blood spilled in Syria's Alawite villages and cities cries out for acknowledgement. Will we listen, or turn away, comfortable in our selective compassion?

The leader of the Turkish Party Party, contrary to the government's support for the Julani regime's crimes, stated that the ...

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

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.