Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

The American mainstream media may have some ability to get away from government policy talking points when covering domestic ...

Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

Assad’s downfall would be a chance to come together and heal the wounds of the victims’ families. It was not to be. The ...

Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

The Kurdish-led administration in northeast Syria (Rojava) strongly rejected the new interim constitution signed by Syria’s ...

DOZENS of people have been killed after soldiers loyal to ousted tyrant Bashar al-Assad launched a surprise ambush on the ...

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar ...

Assaults on the country's Alawite minority continue despite promises that Syria's new leaders will carve out a future that ...

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...

Security forces in Syria have battled gunmen loyal to deposed President Bashar al-Assad in the country’s coastal region for a second day, with dozens of people reported killed in the deadliest ...

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...