"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...

It's been 14 years since the eruption of the nationwide protests in Syria that would devolve into a multisided civil war still raging today across the country. Yet this Saturday marks the first ...