Mayada pointed to a divot picked out of the pavement in front of her parents’ house — the hole left by the bullet when gunmen ...

Syria’s government said late on Friday that it was “closely following” the findings of a new Amnesty International report ...

Those kidnapped included a retired teacher, an engineering student and a mechanic, all of them Alawite - the minority sect of ...

Amnesty called on the Syrian government in a report on Thursday to ensure accountability for the massacres targeting the ...

A monitor of Syria's conflict said 12 civilians, mostly Alawites, were killed on Monday in separate incidents of apparent ...

Trying to rebuild a war-ravaged country without humanitarian aid or sanction relief is like trying to get up with a boot on ...

Geir Pedersen told the U.N. Security Council that Syria can return to violence or start an inclusive ... the U.N. continues ...

Damascus said that “some rights reports,” including a high-profile release by Amnesty International, had neglected the events’ critical context, particularly the sectarian assault it claims was ...

In early March, masked men stormed homes in Damascus, targeting Alawite families with raids and detentions. Amid fears of ...

This Ramadan, Syrians marked the 14th anniversary of the start of their country’s civil war. The conflict began as one of ...

BEIRUT: The United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday that more than 21,000 people had arrived in Lebanon this month fleeing ...

Syria vows to investigate sectarian massacres after Amnesty warns attacks on Alawites may amount to war crimes ...