Syrian government forces and their allies are likely to have committed war crimes during their crackdown against Alawite ...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -War crimes were likely committed by interim government forces as well as by fighters loyal to ...

A U.N.-backed commission named several government-affiliated factions whose members allegedly took part in 'extrajudicial ...

Top UN human rights investigators said on Thursday that war crimes may have been committed in predominantly Alawite areas of ...

An inquiry found that members of the new government’s forces took part in killing Syrian civilians during sectarian fighting ...

U.N. investigators reported likely war crimes by interim Syrian forces and forces loyal to the former Assad regime. The ...

A United Nations commission investigating deadly March violence in Syria’s Alawite-majority coastal areas said the attacks, ...

The clashes in March included murder, torture and other ‘inhumane acts’ that UN investigators say amount to war crimes.

UN investigators detail brutal sectarian violence and urge sweeping reforms amid growing calls for accountability, protection ...

UN investigators document executions, torture, and mass graves in sectarian killings that left 1,400 dead, mostly Alawites.

The commission said it had recorded cases of “murder, torture and inhumane acts related to the treatment of the dead, ...

The violence in March unfolded along Syria’s predominantly Alawite Mediterranean coast, where security personnel and their allies were accused of carrying out summary executions, mostly targeting ...