Clashes between Assad fighters and country’s new Islamist rulers kill more than 1,000 people, mostly civilians ...

The announcement comes as the fighting between pro-Assad militias and members of the security forces killed more than 1,000 ...

The violence has pitted the Islamist-led government's security forces against fighters from Assad's Alawite minority. The ...

Defence Ministry spokesman says security threats have been neutralised in al-Assad strongholds of Latakia and Tartous.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said 1,130 people were killed in clashes, including 830 ...

Clashes between Assad loyalists and the country's new Islamist rulers in the former president's coastal heartland have killed ...

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted president Bashar Assad and his family in the worst fighting since the end of the 1 ...