More than 30 members of one family spoke to Al-Monitor after fleeing into northern Lebanon from Syria amid a spasm of ...

OTTAWA — Canadians with ties to Syria say it’s time for Ottawa to drop sanctions on the country and help nudge its new ...

In a special edition, we focus on Syria, a nation emerging from decades of a brutal dictatorship. The country's interim ...

A 19th-century Sunni sheik, Ibrahim al-Maghribi, decreed that Muslims might freely take Alawite property and lives, and a ...

The bloodletting between Alawites and forces backing Syria’s new government surprised many. But tensions had been building since the ouster of President Assad.

The recent violence in Syria's coastal region represents a significant threat to the country's political transition. The post ...

Suhayl al-Hasan, a Russian-backed major general in the former Syrian Army, is also believed to be involved in the latest ...

Recent attacks on Syria's coast force nearly 13,000 Syrians to seek refuge in Lebanon, according to Lebanese authorities.

Christians and other religious minorities in Syria fear the Middle Eastern nation has traded one oppressor for another since ...

Syria plunges into bloodshed after Assad's fall, with 4,700 civilians dead in 100 days of sectarian violence. #SyriaConflict ...

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the assassination of Mufti Abdul Baqi Noorzai, a senior Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam ...

Donors pledged billions for Syria at an EU-led conference. But investing in the country is still fraught with difficulty because of sanctions. The EU plans to further ease restrictions, but US plans ...