The United Nations Security Council has agreed to a statement condemning widespread violence in Syria's coastal region and ...

United Nations-backed human rights experts allege Israel has caused "disproportionate violence against women and children" during the war against Hamas in Gaza, ...

Oweis said Syrian forces looted hundreds of Christian homes during the assault on Alawite communities between the coastal towns of Tartus and Latakia. Jihadis stormed the home of Oweis’s friend and ...

The question asked by many Syrians from Alawite, Shiite, Druse, Christian and other minority communities has become: “Can [I] ...

Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...

A few days ago, 48-year-old Johnny S., a Greek Orthodox Christian from Syria, found the courage to leave his home in Latakia, ...

It was a bloody weekend in Syria, where forces loyal to the government reportedly killed hundreds of civilians.

Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under ...

Democracy and peace are not guaranteed when a dictator falls — sometimes, a country’s fate turns uglier and messier.

Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus on Thursday, days after Syria’s interim government reached a deal to integrate a U.

After Syria's longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...