Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Country was a centre for producing and shipping Captagon, accounting for 80 per cent of global production

Attack undermines recent deal to integrate region into country's new HTS-led authorities

At least nine have been killed in hostilities on the Bekaa Valley-Homs frontier since Sunday, including eight Syrian soldiers

Violence that killed more than 1,300 civilians has faded but fears of renewed attacks persist

Ongoing mass killings of coastal Alawites have alarmed other minorities

Residents say 17 men taken from their homes by pro-government militiamen and executed in the street

Agreement to end hostilities and for Kurdish fighters to join Syria security forces could remove main obstacle for new leadership

Resistance to the new central government could become fiercer after mass killings by forces led by Hayat Tahrir Al Sham

Members of Alawite minority community face threat in their heartland after one of the deadliest days in country’s recent history

The UN and US condemn mass sectarian killings after more than 1,300 people, mainly civilians from the minority community, have been killed since last week

Attack is among the deadliest since Syria's new administration, led by interim President Ahmad Al Shara, took power

At least 20 killed as security forces battle militias in southern province of Deraa and coastal city of Latakia

Sites hit in Tartous and Deraa in past 24 hours, sources say

Seven people are to draft a constitutional declaration to replace the former system

Three people killed in Jaramana at weekend after HTS forces tried to enter suburb