Good intentions don’t always result in great films. Director Brandt Andersen shines a light on the harsh realities of the Syrian refugee crisis with his film “I Was a Stranger.” The problem is the intensity of that light is so bright that instead of illuminating the problem it ends up being

An explosion tore through a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs Dec. 26, killing and wounding worshippers in a neighborhood associated with the country’s Alawite Muslim community. Syrian authorities

Since al-Assad’s overthrow, Syria has seen several instances of sectarian violence. In March, violence broke out in coastal cities, including Latakia, Banias, Tartous and Jableh, and government-allied groups were accused of carrying out summary executions, mostly of Alawite civilians.

After 13 years of war and more than 100,000 disappearances, Syria’s new authorities face the harrowing task of exhuming bodies from dozens of mass graves.

Syria is potentially “weeks” away from collapse, even though the U.S. recently eased longstanding sanctions on the Middle Eastern nation, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers Tuesday. The current Syrian government under interim leader Ahmed al ...

Early on in “I Was a Stranger,” we follow Amira (Yasmine Al Massri), a physician working at a hospital in war-torn Syria in the late 2010s. As she tries to save the lives of wounded men,

Israeli intelligence has warned Iran is planning to organise a hit against Syria's interim president, as further reports claim former al-Assad loyalists are pouring money into Alawite minority militias in alleged uprising plots.

Syria’s opposition needs to be more representative and inclusive, say U.S. officials mindful of the dangers of an increasingly sectarian civil war. But the scale of the challenge in creating an opposition that draws in ethnic and religious minorities ...

German health associations have warned that rising anti-Syrian rhetoric risks worsening staff shortages in hospitals, clinics and care homes in the EU’s largest nation. Syrians are the largest group of foreign doctors working in Germany, with 16 per cent coming from the war-ravaged country, according to the German Medical Association.