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

In recent days, Syria suffered the worst violence since the toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad last December. Deadly ...

A spate of attacks involving loyalists of former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...

A Syrian military operation against remnants of the former Assad regime has now ended, having sparked some of the worst ...

Syria's interim government said it has reached a landmark agreement to integrate Kurdish-led forces into state institutions ...

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A war monitoring group said more than 1,000 were killed in revenge attacks and clashes between Syrian security forces and ...

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ...

More than 1,000 people have been killed in fighting between forces of the new government and remnants of the ousted regime, ...

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