Alawites are an Arab ethnic and religious group, with distinct cultures, languages and religious beliefs. They live mainly in ...
Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires ...
Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were ...
Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...
Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...
Alawites constitute Syria’s largest minority and account for about 10 per cent of the population. The Assad connection has ...
Syria: Clashes between new security forces and Assad loyalists erupted on Thursday in the Alawite heartland, escalating into ...
The violence broke out on Thursday, three months after the insurgent-led government seized power, bringing an end to Assad’s ...
While Alawites are generally considered an offshoot of Shia Islam, their beliefs and practices are far more complex ...
Over 1,000 people have been killed in two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President ...