The Syrian Defence Ministry has placed its forces in a state of heightened readiness as the hunt for remnants of the Assad ...

Dozens of young Alawite women have reportedly been abducted and enslaved by militants in Syria's Idlib governorate since ...

(AP Photo/Omar Albam, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BEIRUT (AP) — A month after ...

Syria’s president has granted a three-month extension to an investigation into last month’s sectarian killings of Alawite ...

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In an interview with The New York Times, President Ahmed al-Shara urged the United States to lift sanctions and alluded to ...

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At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious ...

FILE - Syrian Alawite families who fled the clashes in Syria hold their luggages as they cross a river marking the border between Syria and northern Lebanon near the village of Heker al-Daher in ...

BEIRUT — A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller attacks ...

BEIRUT (AP) — A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller ...