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

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to sectarian warfare in Syria, but there is still a path for the country’s new rulers ...

The Syrian Civil Defense says ordnance from Syria’s 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, collapsing a building and killing at least 16 people.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said armed groups and foreign fighters aligned with the government but not integrated ...

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

Hundreds of people were killed and residents of Syria’s coastal governorates are scared to leave home. The government of Syria says it has ended an operation in the coastal governorates of Latakia and ...

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

Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days.

Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday urged insurgents from ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority to lay down their arms and surrender after the fiercest attacks on the war-torn ...