But Syria’s new authorities have faced backlash, particularly from the Kurds, for appointing militia leaders complicit in serious human rights abuses, including Ahmad al-Hayes, better known as ...

The EU on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three Syrian militia groups and two of their leaders over human rights abuses committed against members of Syria's Alawite minority during a round of ...

A CNN investigation, which draws on interviews with witnesses, exclusive videos and images, gives searing new insight into the scope of abuses allegedly carried out under the command of Sayf Boulad ...

Assad’s Fall in Syria Sheds New Light on Human Rights Abuses The fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad has set free activists and dissidents held in the country's notorious prisons. The ...

Allies of the new Syrian government and other non-state actors have continued violence and discrimination against Christians ...

Drone attack on US base in Syria, minor injuries reported Iranian-backed militia groups have resumed attacks on U.S. bases.

Syrian government organised feared ‘shabbiha’ militias: Report War crimes investigators say the Bashar al-Assad government created the ‘shabbiha’ paramilitary group to violently crack down ...

A new report has found "systemic" corruption in humanitarian aid to Syria, with individuals accused of human rights abuses benefiting from procurement contracts with United Nations agencies ...

A journalists' association says two journalists working for Kurdish media outlets were killed in Syria while covering fighting between Turkish-backed fighters and Syrian Kurdish militia.

A German court on Wednesday sentenced a former member of a Syrian militant group closely allied with ex-Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad to 10 years in prison for crimes against humanity and war crimes.

The attack is the latest indication that Iranian -backed militia groups in Iraq and Syria may have resumed attack on bases in both countries following a monthslong pause.