Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

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

A Syrian military operation against remnants of the former Assad regime has now ended, having sparked some of the worst ...

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar ...

DOZENS of people have been killed after soldiers loyal to ousted tyrant Bashar al-Assad launched a surprise ambush on the ...

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ...

According to UK-based war monitor, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 1,130 people were killed in the clashes, ...

More than 800 civilians belonging to Syria's minority religious Alawite community have been killed in Syria's worst spate of ...

The violence overnight is the deadliest in Syria since Bashar al-Assad was ousted in a lightning offensive in December by ...

Syria has imposed a curfew in the northwestern port town of Latakia and the port city of Tartous after fierce clashes between ...

Members of the Syrian security forces entering the western city of Baniyas in Syria's coastal Tartous province to reinforce ...

A Syrian security source said the pace of fighting had slowed around Latakia, Jabla and Baniyas, while forces searched ...