"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.
Abdi, by contrast, came to leadership via associations with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), an organization that Turkey ...
Russia maintains two key military bases in Syria, including an air base in Hmeimim and a naval base in Tartous.
Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...
More than 1,000 people have been killed in clashes in the coastal provinces of Syria, according to one war monitoring group.