Once hailed as a Western-friendly reformer, Bashar al-Assad transformed into one of the world’s most brutal autocrats. From ...

More than 70 people have been killed and dozens injured in clashes between Syrian security forces and fighters linked to the toppled leader Bashar al-Assad, according to a war monitor. Syria's new ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday that 28 fighters “loyal” to ousted President Bashar al-Assad were killed by security forces in fighting in the Latakia province town of ...

Syrian authorities face insurgency by Assad's Alawite sect Over 120 reported killed, toll unverified by Reuters Saudi Arabia supports Syrian government against insurgency DAMASCUS, March 7 ...

A Syrian war monitor said Friday that security forces "executed" 69 members of the Alawite minority, a day after deadly clashes with gunmen loyal to toppled president Bashar al-Assad. Thursday's ...

DAMASCUS, Syria - In the days after the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, rescue workers began to receive calls about the trail of bodies that his loyalists had left in people’s homes.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad mounted a deadly attack on government forces on Thursday, authorities said, in some of the worst violence against the ...

dozens of people have been killed or wounded in clashes between the security forces and supporters of former President Bashar al Assad this week. (CNN) — In the worst outbreak of unrest since ...

Video posted to social media shows violence in Homs, Syria. Fighters linked to Bashar al-Assad mounted a deadly attack on government forces in Homs on March 6. (Video: Reuters) In the months since ...

after two defence ministry members were killed in an attack blamed by state media on remnants of Bashar al-Assad's ousted government. The coastal region of Latakia area has emerged as one of the ...

Syrian Forces Clash With Assad-Linked Militants in Escalating Violence DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad mounted a deadly attack on government forces on ...

The centre of the fighting was the coastal region of Latakia, home to much of Syria’s Alawite minority community, and the ancestral homeland of the country’s former dictator, Bashar al-Assad.