The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) – a splinter group of Al Qaeda – was to blame for the two powerful explosions on ...

"If there's no major and concrete international action to stop these terrorist acts," the former Syrian diplomat said, "greater ethnic cleansing would definitely spread." ...

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

By Carlotta Gall and Christina Goldbaum Reporting from Damascus, Syria Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, announced late Saturday the formation of a caretaker government that will lead ...

"A confrontation, possibly even a small-scale military one, may occur between Israel and Turkey," one expert told Newsweek.

Umit Bektas/Reuters Turkey has also emerged in the past few months with greater influence in Syria because of its ties to the rebel group that overthrew Mr. al-Assad. The P.K.K.’s decisions over ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has announced a transitional government, appointing 23 ministers in a new broadened and diverse cabinet. The cabinet announced on Saturday included Yarub Badr, an ...

In the summer of 1860, an unprecedented wave of sectarian violence swept across Greater Syria. Druze militias sacked Maronite Christian villages, killing eleven thousand people. Muslim mobs killed ...

The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war ...

Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an inclusive society in a country with a delicate sectarian and religious mix.

This would help ensure that Syria’s transition respects human rights, holds those responsible for past abuses accountable, and fosters a future of greater accountability. “Syria’s transition ...

"Syria's interim authorities must hold the perpetrators ... engaged with Sharaa after he came to power but said that any greater normalization would depend on meeting conditions including the ...