Russia maintains two key military bases in Syria, including an air base in Hmeimim and a naval base in Tartous.
"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.
Internal displacement in Syria was used by the Assad regime to reshape the country's political and social landscape, a new ...
Sectarian-driven killings of civilians this month displayed the government’s weak control over both its own forces and ...
At least 1,300 have been killed in Syria as security forces clash with loyalists of ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The violence is concentrated in Tartus and Latakia, home to Alawites. The Assads ...
Interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa accuses Assad loyalists and foreign powers of fomenting unrest with aim of dragging country ...
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria's interim government on Monday announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted president Bashar Assad and his family in the worst ...