Syria's new leader vows accountability after mass killings, sparking international backlash against worst violence since ...

Syria's leader on Sunday vowed accountability and an investigation after the killing of Alawite civilians triggered an ...

Pro-government militias who took part in a coastal security campaign have started withdrawing into the centre of Syria, ...

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ...

The observatory and activists released footage showing dozens of bodies in civilian clothing piled in the yard of a house, ...

A war monitoring group said more than 1,000 were killed in revenge attacks and clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad.

The recent surge in violence reflects the power vacuum left in the wake of Assad’s downfall. Remnants of Assad’s loyalist ...

Security forces battled for a second day on Friday to crush a nascent insurgency by fighters from Bashar al-Assad's Alawite ...

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar ...

Syrian security forces battled for a second day on Friday to crush a nascent insurgency by fighters from Bashar al-Assad's ...

They are the worst since Assad was removed from power in early December by insurgent groups led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.