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

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

The government of Syria says it has ended an operation in ... Earlier on Sunday, he spoke at a Damascus mosque, acknowledging the severity of the crisis and calling for national unity.

More than 1,000 people have been killed in two days of clashes between gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new ...

Hundreds of civilians were killed in coastal areas after deadly clashes broke out. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Alawite Syrians, who fled the violence in western Syria, walk at the water of Nahr El Kabir, after the reported mass killings ...

More than 700 civilians of the Alawite religious minority have been killed, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human ...