The vast majority were adult men, but victims included approximately 100 women, the elderly and the disabled, as well as ...

The Druze people demonstrated in Syria’s southern city of Sweida and elsewhere on Saturday to demand the right to self ...

Amidst the turmoil in Gaza, Israel’s war against Hamas and Hezbollah, security concerns in the Red Sea following attacks by ...

A UN commission found war crimes were "likely" committed by former regime fighters and interim government force members in March.

Foreign fighters and others who joined Syria's civil war from abroad have petitioned the new Islamist-led government for ...

The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria last December was so swift and surreal that the initial euphoria lingered both inside ...

The report, which focused on violence against Syria’s Alawite communities along the Mediterranean coast in March, uncovered no evidence that the country’s new government orchestrated the attacks.

Syrian government forces and their allies are likely to have committed war crimes during their crackdown against Alawite ...

A U.N.-backed commission named several government-affiliated factions whose members allegedly took part in 'extrajudicial ...

War crimes were likely committed by interim government forces as well as by fighters loyal to Syria's former rulers during ...

An inquiry found that members of the new government’s forces took part in killing Syrian civilians during sectarian fighting ...

With Syria’s minorities allying to demand decentralisation, tensions continue over how to balance local autonomy with the ...