The report, which focused on violence against Syria’s Alawite communities along the Mediterranean coast in March, uncovered no evidence that the country’s new government orchestrated the attacks.

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 ...

Top UN human rights investigators said on Thursday that war crimes may have been committed in predominantly Alawite areas of ...

UN investigators detail brutal sectarian violence and urge sweeping reforms amid growing calls for accountability, protection ...

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.

The violence in March unfolded along Syria’s predominantly Alawite Mediterranean coast, where security personnel and their allies were accused of carrying out summary executions, mostly targeting ...

Hizbullah’s grip on the state has never looked weaker. Many of its leaders are dead. Its armoury is depleted. It has lost ...

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