Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

Sharaa’s government following massacres over the weekend, Syrian authorities announce the formation of a national ...

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

Clashes between government security forces and supporters of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 311 people in Syria since Thursday, according to a monitoring group that ...

In Greater Syria, ancient Aramean kingdoms once dominated the region, and their language had become the international diplomatic lingua franca. Under the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians ...

Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...

The conflict poses a challenge for the new interim president as he tries to unify Syria and extend his authority over the ...