The more pressing problem for Damascus will be that the elections will not help heal the country’s deep wounds at a time of ...

Pastor Samir Yacco pastor of Christ the Redeemer of the World Baptist Church in Dwelia a suburb of Damacus has been in Australia speaking to Anglican Aid and churches about what happening in Syria.

(Reuters) -Foreign fighters and others who joined Syria's civil war from abroad have petitioned the new Islamist-led government for citizenship, arguing they have earned it after sweeping to power ...

A UN commission found war crimes were "likely" committed by former regime fighters and interim government force members in ...

The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria last December was so swift and surreal that the initial euphoria lingered both inside ...

The report, which focused on violence against Syria’s Alawite communities along the Mediterranean coast in March, uncovered ...

War crimes were likely committed by interim government forces as well as by fighters loyal to Syria's former rulers during ...

An inquiry found that members of the new government’s forces took part in killing Syrian civilians during sectarian fighting ...

With Syria’s minorities allying to demand decentralisation, tensions continue over how to balance local autonomy with the ...

Hizbullah’s grip on the state has never looked weaker. Many of its leaders are dead. Its armoury is depleted. It has lost ...

A UN commission investigating sectarian bloodshed in Syria's Alawite heartland documented systematic violence at the hands of ...

Some 1,400 people, mainly civilians, were reported killed during the violence that primarily targeted Alawite communities, ...