Taiwan has proposed a defence budget of billion; Pakistan has denied attacking Pakistan; Monsoon rains affect 2 million people in Thailand; Jakarta has abolis ...

After facing cyclic violence under the new regime, Syria’s Alawite minority —the Shia sect of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad ...

Syria’s fragile transition faced a new shock as rival demonstrations in the Alawite-majority city of Latakia spiraled into ...

Thousands of people demonstrated on Tuesday across Syria’s coastal Alawite heartland, calling for federalism and the release ...

The demonstrations followed unrest over the weekend in Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, which set off reprisal attacks on ...

Thousands of members of Syria's Alawite minority sect demonstrated in the country's central and coastal regions ...

The protests in the coastal Alawite heartland were some of the biggest since Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara came to power a ...

Noureddine el-Brimo, the head of media relations in Latakia province, told Reuters security forces had fired into the air to ...

In Latakia, Syria, Alawite demonstrators clashed with government supporters, leading to gunfire. The Alawites demand a ...

In March, sectarian violence tore through the Syrian coast following an attack by Assad supporters on government forces. At ...