Mass killings on Syria's coast target Alawites, leaving more than 1,200 dead. Survivors and rights groups recount the ...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said armed groups and foreign fighters aligned with the government but not integrated into it were largely responsible for the sectarian violence.

Armed men stormed the home of Noureddine al-Labbad in the town of Al-Sanamayn, opening fire on him and his brother before fleeing, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.

Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last ...

Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed ...

Survivors, witnesses and rights groups describe wave of violence since last Thursday Syria's defence ministry announced on ...

Over 1,200 Alawites killed in Syria’s Mediterranean coast amid post-Assad violence, raising sectarian tensions.

Since former president Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December, many Alawites -- his sect -- have feared reprisals for his ...

Hundreds reported killed in violence in Syria’s coastal region, which is heavily populated by Alawites. Entire families ...

The UN human rights office has verified the killing of 111 civilians in the coastal region, but says the actual figure is far ...

Caution is warranted as regime elements appear to participate in ethnic cleansing.

Syrian-Australians are mourning the loss of family members in their homeland after the reported killings of hundreds of civilians, mostly from the Alawite minority, in recent violence.