EU officials agreed to begin easing sanctions on Syria. Dozens of people were executed this weekend in the city of Homs.

In a phone call on Thursday with his Turkish counterpart, Iran’s foreign minister raised concerns about recent news of ...

From this brief mandate, Syria inherited a parliamentary system modeled after France’s, but political parties were little ...

Jolani, the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militant group, became the de facto leader of Syria. Since then, he has ...

The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group that was powerful and influential during the dictator's rule. The Alawites are a minority sect which follows an esoteric offshoot of Shiite Islam.

Now, many Alawites insist they too were victims of the ... The “I Love Tartous” sign was repainted in the colors of the new Syrian flag, as shown in this photo taken in Tartus, Syria, on ...

AUSTIN, Tx. — Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags to be raised to full staff next Monday at the Texas Capitol and all state government office buildings in honor of President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

A month after Bashar al-Assad's regime collapsed, Syria's Alawite minority, which served as the regime's backbone, fears a witch hunt. In their stronghold of Tartus, members of the community ...

The residents, members of the Alawite minority, now say their excitement has been replaced by fear. Masked men have terrorized the village, beating people, looting homes and using anti-Alawite slurs.

Homs (Syria) (AFP) – In Syria's third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community say they are terrified as new authorities comb their districts for "remnants of ...