UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. assistance for managing and securing camps in northeastern Syria with Islamic State-linked ...

Syria is a Sunni-majority country, but its Christian and Muslim minority sects account for between 15 and 25 per cent of the population. The Christian population has declined significantly since ...

Many Christians across Syria were uncertain about their future under insurgent rule, given the radical history of groups like ...

Smaller, more moderate groups were pushed to merge with jihadist groups under extremist leadership. By the end of 2012, the ...

Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...

The commander of the main U.S.-backed force in Syria says that the recent ouster of the Assad family from power should be ...

Shia vs Sunni in Syria: Syria, a country which constitutes 74% Sunni population was being ruled by Bashar al-Assad, affiliated with the Alawite sect, a syncretic sect with links to early Shi’ism ...

HTS, as it is known, is a coalition of Syrian-based Sunni Islamist insurgent groups that emerged from Jabhat al-Nusra, or the ...

Since the Islamist HTS militia seized power in Syria, reports of excessive violence and executions of members of religious ...

Turkey didn’t orchestrate Assad’s fall, but it’s certainly cashing in on the aftermath. Now, it wants to mould Syria in its ...

Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a child and an elderly woman were among the victims and have 'all the hallmarks ...