After violence broke out between the current and past regimes in Syria, fearful residents have waded across a river to take ...

At least 1,383 civilians, the vast majority of them Alawites, were killed in a wave of violence that gripped Syria’s Mediterranean coast, a war monitor said yesterday.

Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed ...

Syrian-Australians are mourning the loss of family members in their homeland after the reported killings of hundreds of civilians, mostly from the Alawite minority, in recent violence.

Armed men stormed the home of Noureddine al-Labbad in the town of Al-Sanamayn, opening fire on him and his brother before fleeing, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.

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At least 1,383 civilians, the vast majority of them Alawites, were killed in a wave of violence that gripped Syria’s ...

Syria's new authorities launched a sweeping security operation Friday after clashes with fighters loyal to former president Bashar al-Assad killed 71 people, a war monitor reported.