Syrian Arab Republic

Israel has demanded the protection of the Druze minority in Syria, with the aim of using the group to support its territorial expansion.

When a former Al Qaeda commander and his allies swept the Assad regime from power in Syria, it caught the world by surprise. There was jubilation over the fall of the brutal dictator, but questions remain about what comes next.

Five months after the fall of dictator President Bashar Al Assad, new security forces have been conducting raids across the country, trying to root out those loyal to the old regime.

To survive 'the most dangerous place in the world', Moaz had to live a lie. Then it started getting real.

Hundreds of Alawite civilians have fled to Lebanon from the villages in the former stronghold of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, fearing death if they return.

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 punishing those responsible. 

Forced into sexual slavery at age 11, Mayada was sold seven times before she escaped ISIS. There are still 2,600 other women and girls missing in captivity today and their families want justice.

The Atlantic Council’s senior fellow Qutaiba Idlbi says the United States has a crucial role to play in determining Syria's future.

Armed men stormed the home of Noureddine al-Labbad in the town of Al-Sanamayn, opening fire on him and his brother before fleeing, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.

Violence has erupted in Syria’s coastal region after clashes between government forces and armed groups affiliated with the deposed president Bashar Al-Assad.

Human rights groups have documented hundreds of extrajudicial killings, after gunmen loyal to ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad fought with pro-government forces.

The ABC journeyed into Syria's coastal city of Tartous, where deadly clashes between militias loyal to the fallen regime of Bashar al-Assad and government forces have spiralled into some of the worst violence in the country in years.  

The agreement will integrate the Kurdish forces into the Syrian army, bringing most of the country under government control. 

The violence broke out when gunmen loyal to ousted president Bashar al-Assad ambushed a Syrian security patrol near the port city of Latakia.

Syria's interim leader has appealed for unity, as violence and revenge killings continued in areas loyal to ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad.

Syria’s interim president has told worshippers at a mosque in Damascus “national unity and civil peace” must be maintained, as the death toll reportedly exceeds 1,000.

The clashes are between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted president Bashar Assad.

Two Australian women who lived under the Islamic State in Syria have spoken to the ABC for the first time since the fall of the Assad regime. 

Australian women who lived in the Islamic State terror group's so-called caliphate speak from detention camps in Syria for the first time following the collapse of the Assad regime, begging the federal government to bring them home before they become trapped in a new war that will make it even harder to get them and their children out.

Major Liz Daly's seven-day peacekeeping duty became a month of terror and trauma, and now sport and the Invictus Games is helping her overcome it.