While Alawites are generally considered an offshoot of Shia Islam, their beliefs and practices are far more complex ...

Five days of sectarian violence sparks concerns that fighting could spread after three months of relative peace in the ...

Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires ...

At least 1,300 have been killed in Syria as security forces clash with loyalists of ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The violence is concentrated in Tartus and Latakia, home to Alawites. The Assads ...

Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni populations who ...

Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...

The killing of at least 745 civilians in massacres targeting the Alawite minority in Syria exposes the criminality of the ...

The phrase "Can a leopard change its spots?" (Jeremiah 13:23) best captures the global skepticism surrounding Ahmed al-Sharaa ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Syrian security forces deployed heavily in the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast on March 8, ...

The scenes of elation following Monday night’s declaration came in sharp contrast to the grim scenes in coastal communities ...

The violence broke out on Thursday, three months after the insurgent-led government seized power, bringing an end to Assad’s ...

Religious minority group Alawites, who have been the target of the ongoing revenge killings in Syria, narrated the ordeal of ...