A Syrian fact-finding committee on Tuesday confirmed that 1,426 people - mostly civilians, including many Alawites - were ...

The violence was the first major incident to emerge after the ouster of longtime President Bashar Assad in December.

More than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in several days of sectarian violence in Syria’s coastal regions earlier this year, a government committee tasked with investigating the attacks ...

In a damning final report released after a four-month probe, a Syrian fact-finding committee revealed that 1,426 people – the ...

Following the horrific massacres on the coast last March and the outbreak of violent confrontations in Suweida, one must ask: ...

Massive wildfires have torn through Syria’s coastal mountain region of Jabal Turkman since Thursday, destroying thousands of acres (hectares) of forest and overwhelming emergency services.

A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...

BEIRUT — The head of a U.N. investigative commission on Friday called commitments made by the new authorities in Syria to protect the rights of minorities “encouraging” but said attacks have ...

Firefighting teams from Turkey and Jordan have joined Syrian civil defense teams, providing support from the air with helicopters. Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported that emergency crews are ...

Wildfires raged in Syria’s coastal region on Friday, the latest blazes in a string of more than 3,500 to have erupted in recent months across the country, amid one of its worst droughts in decades.

A Syrian government committee says over 1,400 civilians were killed in sectarian violence on the country's coast earlier this ...

LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — United Nations teams have deployed Sunday to the Syrian coast, where firefighters are battling wildfires for a fourth day. U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in ...