Mass killings in Syria's Alawite coastal cities raise doubts about new authorities' ability to govern, with sectarian ...

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...

Nearly 1,500 people, mostly Alawite civilians, have been killed by security forces in just a few days, throwing into question the ability of Syria's new government to maintain peace in a country ...

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo marked the first such clashes there since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.