"They're burning the village now," one Syrian user reported on Facebook. "Which village?" another asked. "Please, we want the ...

Syrian-Australians are mourning the loss of family members in their homeland after the reported killings of hundreds of civilians, mostly from the Alawite minority, in recent violence.

A committee formed by Syria's new authorities to investigate a wave of deadly violence said on Tuesday the country was ...

Syria's new government is struggling to impose order in a country where some are settling scores. Sunni Arab fighters have killed members of the same religious sect as the deposed president.

Protesters gathered outside the Ministry of Energy and Mines in Quito on Tuesday, rallying against the awarding of the ...

Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed ...

Recent violence in Syria has sparked fears of further instability as leaders call for lifting sanctions to ease economic woes ...

The Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam, makes up 10% to 12% of the country's population, which is mostly Sunni Muslim.

Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years ...