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

Plenty of Syrians are disappointed by the lack of justice for the former regime. Deals have been cut with commanders ...

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

Syria has witnessed remarkable developments in recent days, with Israel taking a new approach that goes beyond traditional security arrang ...

Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...

The ABC journeyed into Syria's coastal city of Tartous, where deadly clashes between militias loyal to the fallen regime of Bashar al-Assad and government forces have spiralled into some of the worst ...

The top commander of a Syrian Kurdish armed group, whose forces are in a separate battle with Turkey, had earlier blamed Turkish-backed Islamist factions for some of the most disturbing violence ...