Syria’s new leadership faces allegations of mass killings, as Alawite communities endure field executions and mass ...

Sectarian-driven killings of civilians this month displayed the government’s weak control over both its own forces and ...

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to sectarian warfare in Syria, but there is still a path for the country’s new rulers ...

PHUONG PHAM is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

The aim is to head off a return to civil conflict that could complicate efforts to curb radical Islamist groups.

Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus. The visit Thursday comes days ...

Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

The work of the Syria Strategy Project and the considerable policy recommendations found in this report present a realistic ...

China, Iran and Russia conducted joint naval drills Tuesday in the Middle East, offering a show of force in a region still ...

The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President ... Under Assad, ...

Under Assad, Alawites held top posts in the army and security agencies ... unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab ...

The pan Arab ... The Syrian Observatory said helicopter gunships took part in attacking Alawite gunmen and Jableh and nearby areas. It added that fighters loyal to former Syrian army General ...