How the rebels treat the sizeable Alawite population, will be some kind of litmus test of whether the takeover of Damascus ...

The instant collapse of Assad’s rule will reshape the geopolitics of the Mideast for years to come. Within Syria itself, the challenge is how to replace the bloodthirsty past and current revolutionary ...

Syria’s minority Alawite community is gripped by terror as reports spread of killings and disappearances under the country’s new Islamist rulers.

Analysis: How Trump's team navigates Syria's delicate transition into the post-Assad era could have profound repercussions ...

Their differing ambitions—revival of the Ottoman Empire vs. restoration of the Umayyad Caliphate—place them on a potential collision course.

Syria's ousted dictator Bashar Assad and his family were members of the secretive religious minority, and used the ...

Syria's new government has been facing new challenges with unrest emerging in certain regions amid a growing number of ...

According to the source, "another woman is in a coma, hit by a bullet when she was standing at the window, possibly filming" the protest on video ...

On December 27, security forces formed by the new Syrian government blocked districts of the city of Tartus, where Alawites organized riots ...

Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...

Syria's new rebel-led authorities say supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad have killed 14 interior ministry troops ...

The violence in Tartous province marks the deadliest challenge yet to the Islamist-led authorities which swept Bashar ...