Special security sources revealed to Al Jazeera the movements of cells of the former regime that carried out simultaneous ambushes in the Latakia countryside, resulting in the killing of 16 security forces. The military council formed by Brigadier General Ghiath Dala expanded its influence...

Syrian security forces arrested a top former intelligence officer suspected of numerous killings, including the 1977 murder of Lebanese opposition leader Kamal Jumblatt, the state news agency reported on Thursday. Forces seized Ibrahim Huweija, a former head of air force intelligence, one...

At least 16 members of Syria’s security forces were killed on Thursday in an ambush carried out by militants linked to Bashar al-Assad’s ousted regime, a Syrian broadcaster reported, some of the worst violence the new government has faced since toppling him in December. Syria TV, which...

Syrian security forces have ended their operations in the city of Sanamayn in the southern Daraa province after taking control of the last stronghold of armed groups, as part of a campaign launched by the government to dismantle the remnants of the former regime. Al Jazeera network...