"Distinguishing between civilians and disarmed members of the Assad regime has proven particularly challenging, as many of ...

(AP Video: Abdel Rahman Shaheen) Clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad in the country’s coastal region have left more than 70 people dead and the ...

A war monitoring group says the death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted ...

In addition to around 140 killed in apparent revenge attacks in the villages, the dead include at least 50 members of Syria’s government forces and 45 fighters loyal to Mr. Assad. The civil war ...

A former Syrian diplomat who served under toppled president Bashar al-Assad was shot dead by armed men who stormed his home, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says. The diplomat's killing ...

Alawites made up a large part of Assad's support base for decades ... The previous figure given by the group was more than 600 dead. No official figures have been released. A funeral was held ...

Clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad in the country's coastal region have left more than 70 people dead and an area outside government control ...

More than 1,000 people, including women and children, have been killed in Syria as its new Islamist rulers clash with loyalists of the toppled Assad regime, marking one of the country’s most ...

Thousands of Syrians have poured into the streets and public squares to mark 14 years since the country's civil war began, ...