The United Nations special envoy for Syria has condemned an intense wave of Israeli airstrikes as Israel said its forces were ...

Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead ...

The new government has pledged to unify Syria after overthrowing the Assad dictatorship. One of its biggest challenges is persistent sectarian violence. By Christina Goldbaum Ben Hubbard Raja ...

Syria “affirms its unwavering commitment to protect all components of the Syrian people … including the children of the honourable Druze community,” the Foreign Ministry added in its statement.

Two days of sectarian violence in the Damascus area and in southern Syria have left at least 100 people dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor. The Britain-based ...

United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen urged Israel Saturday to halt its attacks on Syria "at once", after it carried out multiple air strikes targeting the Islamist-led authorities following ...

Israel reportedly launched its heaviest barrage this year on Syria between Friday night and Saturday morning, hours after the country's rulers denounced an air strike near the presidential palace ...

Up to 10,000 fighters lent muscle during the overthrow of the Assad regime. But their hard-line interpretations of Sunni ...

Syria said Israel launched new strikes near Damascus on Wednesday, after sectarian clashes left nearly 40 dead in two days and Israel warned against attacks targeting the Druze minority.

The Israel Defense Forces said its fighter jets had carried out a wave of airstrikes in Syria late Friday, less than a day after Israel attacked near the presidential palace in Damascus ...

Syria's new rulers Friday denounced an Israeli air strike near the presidential palace as a "dangerous escalation". The dawn strike came hours after senior Druze clerics and armed factions ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least one person was killed and four others were injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in Syria overnight, state media reported, amid deadly clashes between ...