Damascus is still trying to crack down on ISIS threats, and fund people who have returned from displaced persons camps. The ...

The push to recruit ethnic and religious minorities comes as the government in Damascus faces increased scrutiny after ...

Syria's new Islamist government has said security concerns in three provinces mean citizens won't cast ballots when the rest ...

In areas home to religious and ethnic minorities, Syria’s Sunni Islamist-led government is increasingly seen as a threat.

The push to enlist members of minority groups comes as Damascus faces mounting scrutiny after recent sectarian violence, in ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The first Syrian elections since the fall of the regime will not include areas controlled by ...

Initiative comes after UN-backed commission that investigated sectarian violence recommended authorities increase diversity ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Islamic State (ISIS) carried out a suicide attack in Syria’s eastern province of Deir ez-Zor, ...

The UN relief chief emphasised that without more funding, “we won’t be able to sustain these vital efforts, let alone expand them to more people who need them.” ...

Yet whatever its origins, unless checked swiftly and decisively, it threatens to dismantle what remains of Syria’s social cohesion and expose the transitional leadership as incapable of governing a ...

Behind the barbed wire of al-Hol camp in eastern Syria, more than 27,000 people remain trapped in limbo—most of them women and children linked to the Islamic State. To aid workers and local ...