A monitoring group says 973 civilians have been killed in revenge attacks against the Alawite sect since Thursday.

Syrian authorities say they have halted a military operation along the country's western coastline designed to quell a surge ...

Defence Ministry spokesman says security threats have been neutralised in al-Assad strongholds of Latakia and Tartous.

Over 1,300 people have been killed in fierce clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, ...

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...

The violence broke out when gunmen loyal to ousted president Bashar al-Assad ambushed a Syrian security patrol near the port ...

Public institutions are now able ‘to resume operations and provide essential services,’ defense ministry spokesperson says - ...

The announcement comes as the fighting between pro-Assad militias and members of the security forces killed more than 1,000 ...

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo marked the first such clashes there since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The days-long conflict has been among Syria's deadliest in a decade. Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed, including women and children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said 1,130 people were killed in clashes, including 830 ...

Nearly 1,500 killed in Syria since Thursday, with most casualties being civilians, reports the Syrian Observatory ...