The report, which focused on violence against Syria’s Alawite communities along the Mediterranean coast in March, uncovered ...

In a significant challenge to the interim government in Damascus, the leaders of Syria’s minority communities are demanding ...

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

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

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

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

With Syria’s minorities allying to demand decentralisation, tensions continue over how to balance local autonomy with the ...

A U.N.-backed commission has found widespread and systematic violence against civilians in Syria's coastal region.

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

A UN commission investigating sectarian bloodshed in Syria's Alawite heartland in March has found security forces of the new government and its allies, as well as fighters loyal to the deposed Assad ...

Government-aligned factions were found to have committed violent acts against Alawite civilians during Syria’s coastal ...