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

A U.N.-backed commission named several government-affiliated factions whose members allegedly took part in 'extrajudicial ...

Security personnel and allied rebel groups are accused of carrying out summary executions on civilians in the religious ...

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 ...

A UN commission investigating sectarian bloodshed in Syria's Alawite heartland in March has found security forces of the new government and its allies, as well as fighters loyal to the deposed Assad ...

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.