Witnesses and a war monitor reported the killing of hundreds of civilians in villages where most of the population are ...
This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 ...
Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were ...
Ahmed Sharaa says that those responsible for these crimes will be punished, even if they are "among those closest to us".
Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...
While Alawites are generally considered an offshoot of Shia Islam, their beliefs and practices are far more complex ...
Alawites are an Arab ethnic and religious group, with distinct cultures, languages and religious beliefs. They live mainly in ...
Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...
Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires ...
Recent clashes between anti-government groups and security forces in Syria have put the Alawite community in the spotlight.