BEIRUT (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was among four civilians killed Monday in Syria ’s Tartous province, provincial officials ...

The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has ...

According to Esen, he is the “perfect” candidate to take on Erdogan – relatively young at 53, from a conservative Sunni ...

The National Transport Authority plans to axe the 13, 68 and 69 late this year. Protesters say the planned replacements ...

In the early phase of the Syrian civil war, Iran denied the presence of its forces on Syrian soil despite evidence to the ...

2. Alawites and other Syrian minorities, such as Christians and the Druze, fear they will face persecution under this hardline Sunni regime, although interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has pledged to ...

Sectarian-driven killings of civilians this month displayed the government’s weak control over both its own forces and affiliated fighters, experts said.

(Omar Albam/The Associated Press) The Alawites previously formed the core constituency of Assad's government in the Sunni-majority country, linking the community to the regime's brutal rule over ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Syria’s interim government announced Monday the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents ...

Syria faces its worst violence in months as Sunni fighters attack Alawite areas, challenging the new regime's stability.

Assad fled to Russia last year after rebels led by Sharaa's Sunni Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group toppled his government, ending decades of severe repression and a devastating civil war.

Rights groups reported dozens of revenge killings resulting from Sunni militants targeting the minority Islamic sect, regardless of whether they were involved in the insurgency. Here’s a look at ...