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

Western sanctions relief will not bring an immediate return of oil majors to Syria, which exited the country at the onset of ...

Israel has stepped up air strikes in Syria in recent months, targeting military sites it says are linked to Iranian forces and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, both allies of the former Syrian government. The ...

Over 1,300 people have been killed in fierce clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, according to a war monitor, in a serious challenge to the country’s new ...

Alawite activists said their community had been subjected to violence and attacks since Assad fell, particularly in rural Homs and Latakia. He is also facing resistance in the south, where there ...

A curfew has been imposed in the cities of Homs, Latakia and Tartous, where the fighting has broken out, and the governor of Latakia has said all power to the province has been cut. Earlier ...