One man accused of killing an Alawite during the sectarian violence in March tells the BBC that armed civilians were advised ...

Hamas officials accused some of the looters of working in collaboration with Israel, which has sealed off aid from entering ...

Um Hassan says she was forced to surrender Damascus home within 24 hours after brother arrested; rights group says thousands ...

Just weeks after the massacres targeting the Alawite community, Druze populations are now being attacked by armed groups — ...

Image caption, The UN says tens of thousands of people remain displaced following the sectarian violence Human rights groups estimate that almost 900 civilians, mainly Alawites, were killed by pro ...

Israel has accustomed us to fishing in troubled waters. The Zionist state has long been interested in sowing discord and ...

One of the men accused of taking part in a wave of sectarian violence against Syria’s Alawite minority two months ago has ...

The new government has pledged to unify Syria after overthrowing the Assad dictatorship. One of its biggest challenges is persistent sectarian violence. By Christina Goldbaum Ben Hubbard Raja ...

A hundred people have died in clashes between Druze and Sunni militias near Damascus and Suwayda. The spiritual leader of ...

"The situation in Syria is deteriorating rapidly. Jolani’s Islamist militias have intensified attacks on minorities, ...

Syria cannot hope to rebuild itself if it fails in preventing sectarian tensions from erupting into wide-scale violence.