The icy winds of Moscow offer little warmth for exiled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose sudden downfall on December 8 ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip to ...

At least 12 civilians, mostly Alawites, were killed in separate incidents of apparent sectarian violence in Syria's coastal ...

Four people, including a 12-year-old boy, have been killed in a shooting in Tartous province, home to a majority Alawite population ...

Some of the worst violence in years drives members of a minority sect linked to fallen Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to flee ...

The coastal region is in the heartland of the Alawite population, a religious minority in Syria to which ousted former leader Bashar Assad belongs ... claiming the lives of a mother and three of her ...

Families gathered for special prayers followed by feasts and holiday sweets starting Sunday after a month of dawn-to-dusk ...

This year's Eid al-Fitr festival carries a deeply symbolic meaning for Syrians, months after the overthrow of long-time ...

Fitr, a festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Families gathered for special prayers followed by ...

Shara, who led the coalition of rebel forces that ousted President Bashar al-Assad in December, announced Saturday the formation of a new caretaker government, wh ...

Eid al-Fitr means the feast, or festival, of breaking the fast. Islam follows a lunar calendar and so Ramadan and Eid cycle ...