Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An explosion tore through a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs Dec. 26, killing and wounding worshippers in a neighborhood ...

A judge speaks during the trial at the Palace of Justice, as Syria began the trial of a first group drawn from hundreds of defendants allegedly involved in the mass killings of Alawites last March, in ...

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

On Tuesday, Syria began the first trial of suspects in a wave of bloodshed in March during which pro-government fighters killed hundreds of members of the Alawite minority - a case seen as a test of ...

The UK has announced sanctions against militia leaders and groups it says were involved in violence against civilians in Syria. Three groups and four commanders have had their assets frozen over their ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Representatives of Syria’s civil society held rare open discussions Saturday in Damascus in the presence of officials from the European Union and the transitional government.

He waited for his brother-in-law to cross the front line smuggling documents stolen from the Syrian dictatorship’s archives. Detection could mean dismemberment or death, but they were committed to ...

Syria Alawite Women FILE - Members of the Alawite minority gather outside the Russian air base in Hmeimim, near Latakia in Syria's coastal region, March 11, 2025, as they seek refuge there after ...

Assad’s regime, journalists in Syria were spied upon, put behind bars, abducted and even killed.  After the fall of the dictatorship on 8 December 2024, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) produced a ...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi ALEPPO, Syria/AMMAN (Reuters) -Syria on Tuesday began the first trial of suspects in a wave of bloodshed in March during which pro-government fighters killed hundreds of members ...