The European Union has lifted a wide range of sanctions on Syria, but slapped new ones on people it says participated on ...

The EU on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three Syrian militia groups and two of their leaders over human rights abuses ...

The EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced plans to remove sanctions last week, but said the move was "conditional" ...

Two government officials said thousands of people had been kicked out of homes in Damascus since Assad was toppled by Sharaa’s rebel force, with the majority being Alawites. The officials said ...

One man accused of killing an Alawite during the sectarian violence in March tells the BBC that armed civilians were advised and monitored by government forces.

The lifting of economic sanctions on Syria will allow the government to begin work on daunting tasks that include fighting corruption and bringing millions of refugees home, Hind Kabawat, the minister ...

Image caption, The UN says tens of thousands of people remain displaced following the sectarian violence Human rights groups estimate that almost 900 civilians, mainly Alawites, were killed by pro ...

The countryside has now settled into a pattern of targeted killings against both Sunni and Alawite villages. The latest came just days ago, when four people, including a 12-year-old boy ...

The Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam and its followers ... and the violence by pro-government forces that followed. The BBC understands some 30 people have been arrested. But in a country ...

Gunmen have killed six Alawite civilians on the coast and in the interior of the country in the past 24 hours, sources in the community said on Sunday, days after Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara ...