"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

The violence in Syria in recent days has shown how difficult it will be to unite a fractured country with deeply held ...

The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the ...

Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...

Interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa accuses Assad loyalists and foreign powers of fomenting unrest with aim of dragging country ...

More than 1,000 people have been killed in clashes in the coastal provinces of Syria, according to one war monitoring group.

The resumption of hostilities in Syria could change everything, and the Russian military could suddenly find itself in a ...

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar ...

The stalling of the ceasefire is part of a wider strategic shift, as Israel’s army seeks to maintain a larger geographical ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s new rulers touted a long ... the fall of President Bashar Assad and nearly 14 years of civil war. About 600 people from across Syria were invited to the gathering ...

Syria faces major challenges, from rebuilding an economy and war-wrecked infrastructure, to setting up a new constitution and justice mechanisms for those accused of war crimes. Although incidents ...

Syria's new leaders have been clamouring for the West to ease sanctions imposed on Assad's regime during the civil war. But Europe and other powers have been reluctant to move before clear signals ...