The BBC hears harrowing accounts of assaults appearing to target the sect of former President Assad.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, Nour al-Din al-Baba, stated that the disappearances ranged from “voluntary elopement with a romantic partner” to “temporary absence at friends’ or ...

A country in transition is judged by who feels able to stay.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protests have erupted across Syria’s coastal regions, marking a new wave of sectarian upheaval since the overthrow of Bashar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ayman Abu Hadir, assistant to the Foreign Minister, meets with Alawite leader Dr. Tamim Khromachou. (photo credit: ...

Latakia, Syria — Clashes broke out on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counterdemonstrators Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens of others, ...

QARDAHA, Syria, Dec 30 (Reuters) - He carried no weapons and helped keep government security forces alive, but Khairallah Dib still needed a promise of amnesty to come out of hiding. He had been lying ...

LATAKIA, Syria – Three people were killed on Sunday when protests in Syria’s Alawite heartland of Latakia spiralled into gunfire and other violence, according to the province’s media office. Syria has ...

Syria is on track to experience a genocide if security protections are not put in place for religious minorities, according ...