Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

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

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

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 ...

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

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa hailed the start of a “new history” for his country on Thursday, signing into force a ...

Thousands have fled into Lebanon after tensions between Syria’s Alawite minority and forces backing the new government exploded last week.

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

This raised doubts that the new leadership’s intent was not only to suppress armed dissent but also to punish the civilian ...

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

Russia's air base at Hmeimim in Syria is sheltering about 9,000 people seeking refuge from a wave of sectarian violence, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.