The mounting chaos in Homs exemplifies the challenge Mr Sharaa faces all over Syria. His government must ensure the safety of ...

Western rural Homs is a land of breezeblock buildings, green fields and drystone walls. The sky hangs grey over the landscape ...

At the bottom of Nisrine Ezzedine's garden, cement blocks mark the graves of her husband, son and nephew, all killed by ...

After enduring decades of isolation amid border disputes, residents of Ghajar are focused on their Syrian kin, who face ...

Chaos in Syria deepens as a newly formed Iraqi militia vows to defend the Alawites from alleged Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS)-led atrocities and Alawite militias escalate attacks on HTS-affiliated groups ...

Chaos in Syria deepens as a newly formed Iraqi militia vows to defend the Alawites from alleged Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS)-led atrocities and Alawite militias escalate attacks on HTS-affiliated groups ...

As activists are now reporting, at least 35 people have been arbitrarily abused and executed with "unprecedented cruelty" by the new Islamist rulers in the past three days.

Security forces of the new Syrian government secure the area around a group of Alawite demonstrators in Damascus' Mazzeh district on Dec. 25, 2024. (Omar Sanadiki / Associated Press) ...

“Most people gave their weapons up straight away ... Syria’s west, the coastal region from which Assad and so many of his Alawite supporters hailed, presents a dual challenge for HTS.

"The things that the people of this area did to us Sunnis, it would make you cry," said Abu Stayf, a 37-year-old member of the Hayat Tahrir al Sham in Latakia, who gave his nom de guerre for reasons ...

But that’s not happening,” Al-Rahy, the Alawite activist, said. “These people are slaughtering us in the middle of our homes. We’re already divided — so let’s just have division.” ...