Reports of rebel abuses come as the Syrian opposition appears to be gaining momentum in a 2-year-old conflict that, according to the UN, has killed more than 70,000 people.

A man has died under torture while being detained for allegedly stealing a motorcycle in Aleppo, amid increasing reports of ...

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends the “Aleppo, Key to Victory” celebration marking Syria’s liberation, in Aleppo, May 27, 2025.© (photo credit: REUTERS/KHALIL ASHAWI) ...

Sectarian clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin militia began in the southern Syrian province about 10 days ago.

STORY: Smoke billowed over the embattled southern Syrian city of Sweida on Friday following nearly a week of bloodshed that has killed more than 300 people.An Israeli official said on Friday it ...

A Syrian government investigation says more than 1,400 people died in sectarian violence along the coast earlier this year.

Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa said in a statement that he had tasked authorities with “taking immediate legal action against anyone proven to have committed a transgression or abuse ...

Syrian National Army (SNA) factions that fought the Assad government with backing from Türkiye continue to detain, mistreat, and extort civilians in northern Syria, Human Rights Watch said today.

BERLIN (Reuters) -A German court sentenced a Syrian man to life in prison on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes it said he had committed as a leading member of a Hezbollah-backed ...

DAMASCUS, July 20 (Reuters) - Residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — More than 1,400 people were killed in several days of sectarian violence on Syria 's coast earlier this year, a government investigating committee said Tuesday.