Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Authorities say the 16 belong to the Muslim Brotherhood and were arrested on suspicion of making missiles and possessing explosives

Ahmad Al Odeh had resisted efforts of Damascus authorities to merge his Eighth Brigade with new national army

Ideologically opposed sides signed deal last month to bring Kurdish-run zones into post-Al Assad order

A vague April 1 deal stipulated a Kurdish pull-out from the country's second city

Authorities and residents give different accounts of the deaths of Mahran and Mohammad Adira

Maher Al Shara, a doctor, previously served as health minister in hastily established first post-Assad government

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