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

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

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.

Some 1,400 people, mainly civilians, were reported killed during the violence that primarily targeted Alawite communities, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...