FOLLOWING years of brutal conflict, a tentative agreement to bring unity and peace to Syria should offer hope of a fresh start. But women in the north east of the country fear it could mean more ...

We report on the fears of Syrian women that their new-found freedoms may be under threat with the rise of religious observance. Annette Young also talks to Mariam Jalabi, a co-founder of the ...

Assad, unleashed a Sarin gas strike on the suburbs of Damascus in 2013, killing at least 1,500. Now, the survivors want ...

Some of the worst violence in years drives members of a minority sect linked to fallen Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to flee for their lives, and many worry the new government is not serious about ...

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A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are ...