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

Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's warning of a terrorist takeover in Syria looks to be coming true amid reports that al Qaeda-linked terror forces ...

IDC's contacts in Syria report the wide-spread outbreak of mass executions along the Mediterranean coast in northwest Syria, centered in Latakia. In the last 72 hours, nearly 2,000 men, women, ...

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was born in October 1982 in Saudi Arabia, where he spent the first seven years of his life. In a rare ...

All these estimates are preliminary. Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa appeared unapologetic for the harsh nature of the crackdown, declaring, “The riposte has come, and you have not been ...

At least 70 people were killed in overnight clashes between Syria’s security forces and loyalists of the deposed dictator ...

As fierce clashes continue between forces aligned with Syria’s new rulers and fighters loyal to the ousted president Bashar ...