Sharaa's hopes of stitching Syria back together under the rule of his Islamist-led government are complicated by the country's mix of sectarian and ethnic groups.

A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...

Reuters investigation traces March 2025 coastal massacres to militias and units tied to Syria’s new leadership, exposing a chain of command reaching Damascus.

Seven months after the fall of Syria's former president Bashar al-Assad, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr gained access to sites ...

Israeli warplanes pounded Syrian government buildings in Damascus, escalating its campaign against Syria’s new authorities ...

Each commander received an army division and a rank, and they pledged to integrate their factions into the new Syrian army. In theory, al-Sharaa dissolved his militia, formerly known as Hayat Tahrir ...

TWO former slaves have issued a stark warning to the West about Syria’s new “reformer” president Ahmed al-Sharaa. Yazidi ...

Assad’s most-notorious death factory, the hangings had become routine. Once a month, around midnight, the guards at Sednaya ...

Syrian Culture Minister Mohammed Yassin Saleh has ignited condemnation after appearing to call Alawites either criminals or ...

Sharaa's leadership, the new Syrian government has waged a brutal suppression campaign against minority Alawite and Christian ...

Revenge attacks against deposed president Assad’s heterodox Alawite sect led local evangelicals to model ... seeking safety in the Alawite stronghold of then-president Bashar al-Assad.

LATAKIA, Syria -On January 29, Ahmed al-Sharaa and more than 12 other commanders from armed factions that joined forces to overthrow Bashar al-Assad gathered in the presidential palace in Damascus ...