Syrian government forces and their allies are likely to have committed war crimes during their crackdown against Alawite ...

The report, which focused on violence against Syria’s Alawite communities along the Mediterranean coast in March, uncovered ...

A U.N.-backed commission has found widespread and systematic violence against civilians in Syria's coastal region.

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

An inquiry found that members of the new government’s forces took part in killing Syrian civilians during sectarian fighting ...

In a significant challenge to the interim government in Damascus, the leaders of Syria’s minority communities are demanding ...

A United Nations commission investigating deadly March violence in Syria’s Alawite-majority coastal areas said the attacks, ...

The clashes in March included murder, torture and other ‘inhumane acts’ that UN investigators say amount to war crimes.

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

UN investigators document executions, torture, and mass graves in sectarian killings that left 1,400 dead, mostly Alawites.

The commission said it had recorded cases of “murder, torture and inhumane acts related to the treatment of the dead, ...

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 ...