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

Mayada pointed to a divot picked out of the pavement in front of her parents’ house — the hole left by the bullet when gunmen ...

A monitor of Syria's conflict said 12 civilians, mostly Alawites, were killed on Monday in separate incidents of apparent sectarian violence in coastal and central ... Official media did not ...

The sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in Syria’s modern history, including the 14 years of civil ...

Sectarian violence and disinformation have intensified in Syria in recent weeks ... sectarian content and both verified and unverified reports that seek to drive sectarian tension.[ ...

A monitor of Syria's conflict said 12 civilians, mostly Alawites, were killed on Monday in separate incidents of apparent sectarian violence in coastal and central ... Official media did not ...

Syria vows to investigate sectarian massacres after Amnesty warns attacks on Alawites may amount to war crimes ...

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 ...

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