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

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

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -War crimes were likely committed by interim government forces as well as by fighters loyal to ...

A UN commission investigating sectarian bloodshed in Syria's Alawite heartland documented systematic violence at the hands of ...

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

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

Government-aligned factions were found to have committed violent acts against Alawite civilians during Syria’s coastal ...

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

Some 1,400 people, mainly civilians, were reported killed during the violence that primarily targeted Alawite communities, and reports of violations continue.

With Syria’s minorities allying to demand decentralisation, tensions continue over how to balance local autonomy with the ...

Special Envoy Tom Barrack praised the UN's Syria violence report as a "step toward accountability" while Damascus highlighted ...

A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...