Recent acts of violence in Syrian coastal cities have revealed an escalation of sectarian risks, leading to further political and social polarization. The security apparatus loyal to the new ...

After a period of relative calm in western Syria, the reported attacks raised the specter of continued sectarian conflict in ...

Authorities extended the curfew in the cities of Latakia and Tartus in northwest Syria on Friday and launched large-scale security sweeps in urban centers, villages, and surrounding mountains to ...

Syria’s interim leader has appealed for unity, as violence and revenge killings continued in areas loyal to ousted former ...

Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Syria's interim president calls for peace and national unity Death toll from pro-Assad uprising passes 1,000, including hundreds of ...

Fighting has been ongoing since Thursday, March 6, between Syrian security forces and supporters of former President Assad in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus. The fiercest fighting is taking ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 745 Alawite civilians were killed in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus. The Britain-based Observatory said they were killed in ...

Clashes between government security forces and supporters of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 311 people in Syria since Thursday, according to a monitoring group that ...

International alarm is growing over fighting in western Syria, where hundreds of civilians ... in the former Assad heartland around Latakia and Tartus where Assad loyalist gunmen ambushed security ...

Syrian forces loyal to the new government and ... more than 500 people have been killed since Thursday in the coastal provinces of Tartus and Latakia, including 300 civilians.

Syrian Democratic Forces: Rebels with a cause Overnight, Damascus sent reinforcements to the coastal cities of Latakia and Tartus and nearby villages that are home to Mr. Assad’s minority ...