Armed men stormed the home of Noureddine al-Labbad in the town of Al-Sanamayn, opening fire on him and his brother before fleeing, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.

Syria's Mediterranean coast has been gripped by extreme violence that has seen mass killings mainly targeting members of the ...

Mass killings on Syria's coast target Alawites, leaving more than 1,200 dead. Survivors and rights groups recount the ...

Since former president Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December, many Alawites -- his sect -- have feared reprisals for his ...

After supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad launched attacks on the new Syrian security forces late last week, Syria saw its worst wave of viole ...

Syrian families who fled the clashes in Syria hold their luggages as they cross a river marking the border between Syria and northern Lebanon near the village of Heker al-Daher in Akkar province, ...

This past weekend's sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 ...