Those kidnapped included a retired teacher, an engineering student and a mechanic, all of them Alawite - the minority sect of ...

At least 12 civilians, mostly Alawites, were killed in separate incidents of apparent sectarian violence in Syria's coastal ...

A monitor of Syria's conflict said 12 civilians, mostly Alawites, were killed on Monday in separate incidents of apparent ...

Syria s Christian community is fearful for the future following a wave of violence that left over 1,000 people dead earlier ...

BEIRUT (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was among four civilians killed Monday in Syria ’s Tartous province, provincial officials ...

Trying to rebuild a war-ravaged country without humanitarian aid or sanction relief is like trying to get up with a boot on ...

In March, sectarian tensions in Syria escalated as Alawite men were abducted and killed around Damascus. Witnesses report ...

Geir Pedersen told the U.N. Security Council that Syria can return to violence or start an inclusive ... the U.N. continues ...

The United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday that more than 21,000 people had arrived in Lebanon this month fleeing the ...

In early March, masked men stormed homes in Damascus, targeting Alawite families with raids and detentions. Amid fears of ...

This Ramadan, Syrians marked the 14th anniversary of the start of their country’s civil war. The conflict began as one of ...

A Syrian committee investigating the wave of sectarian ... violence, with its probe ongoing. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported "21,637 new arrivals from Syria" into northern Lebanon, in a ...