The Syrian Network for Human Rights said armed groups and foreign fighters aligned with the government but not integrated into it were largely responsible for the sectarian violence.

Armed men stormed the home of Noureddine al-Labbad in the town of Al-Sanamayn, opening fire on him and his brother before fleeing, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.

On March 6, armed fighters loyal to former Syrian president Bashar Al Assad launched an attack on Syria's interim-government troops in Latakia. Syrian authorities, supported by pro-government militias ...

Mass killings on Syria's coast target Alawites, leaving more than 1,200 dead. Survivors and rights groups recount the ...

Over 1,200 Alawites killed in Syria’s Mediterranean coast amid post-Assad violence, raising sectarian tensions.

Since former president Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December, many Alawites -- his sect -- have feared reprisals for his ...

Syria's Mediterranean coast has been gripped by extreme violence that has seen mass killings mainly targeting members of the ...

A Syrian military operation against remnants of the former Assad regime has now ended, having sparked some of the worst ...

"The American role was a positive role and in the interest of Syria and the Syrians," an SDF political wing adviser told ...

Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last ...

Its signature may lead to a normalisation of the situation in Syria, but everything will be decided by its implementation ...

Syrian-Australians are mourning the loss of family members in their homeland after the reported killings of hundreds of civilians, mostly from the Alawite minority, in recent violence.