The sect has its roots in Shia Islam. The word Alawite means “follower of Ali,” the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet ...

Russia is coordinating with the U.S. on the Syrian conflict amid rising violence, reports TASS. Clashes between Assad ...

Russia and the United States are coordinating efforts in regard to the escalation of violence in Syria, Russian media outlet TASS reported on Monday. Russian Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, ...

Russia is working with the United States to address ongoing violence in Syria. Clashes between loyalists of former leader ...

Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, after nearly 1,000 civilians were killed in the worst violence since his ...

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo marked the first such clashes there since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The prison in question, located some thirty kilometers north of Damascus, was run by the Syrian military police and was known ...

Defence Ministry spokesman says security threats have been neutralised in al-Assad strongholds of Latakia and Tartous.

The worst violence to hit Syria since Bashar Al Assad's ouster poses a major threat to the transition, with mass killings of ...

Over 1,300 people have been killed in fierce clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, ...

Asharq Al Awsat A Syrian military operation against loyalists of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad has been completed, the defense ministry said on Monday. Hassan Abdul Ghany, the defense ...

At least 973 civilians, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in recent days as forces of the new ...