Violence between government security forces and gunmen loyal to the ousted regime of President Bashar al-Assad has erupted in Syria’s coastal region, in the country’s bloodiest unrest since ...

Those who refused were put in jails," he said, adding that any high-level officers in Assad’s forces had fled the country. While much of Syria was happy to see the ouster of Bashar al-Assad ...

Syria has seen the worst outbreak of violence since the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad late last year, after armed men descended on Alawite heartlands on Thursday in what Syrian ...

The body -- which did not exist under ousted leader Bashar al-Assad-- will be tasked with "coordinating and managing security and political policies", the country's presidency said, according to a ...