Alawites constitute Syria’s largest minority and account for about 10 per cent of the population. The Assad connection has ...

Sham (Damascus), Hama and Homs would still be part of Turkey.” Given Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman fixation, his recent demand for an Israeli withdrawal from Syria came as no surprise. “The ...

without mentioning Turkey. The regional intelligence official said the possible airbase locations were the Palmyra military airport and the Syrian army's T4 base, both in the province of Homs.

A girl holds an independence-era Syrian flag out of the window of a bus at the entrance to the central city of Homs — LOUAI BESHARA Once dubbed the capital of the revolution against Bashar al-Assad, ...