Thousands of Syria's Alawite minority have protested against what they say is discrimination by the new government.

Thousands of people demonstrated on Tuesday across Syria's coastal Alawite heartland in protest at recent attacks targeting ...

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

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 ...

LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) -Syrian security forces used gunfire on Tuesday to break up two rival groups of demonstrators in the ...

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 ...

Deadly clashes in Syria’s Homs province have renewed fears over state control and minority safety, as Bedouin fighters targeted Alawites and authorities imposed extended curfews.

The government acted quickly to tamp down reprisals in the central city of Homs as it tries to manage repeated waves of ...

A precarious calm returned to Syria’s central Homs province on Monday following a day of violent unrest triggered by the ...

The killing of a Bedouin couple in Syria’s Homs province has triggered renewed sectarian tensions. Authorities reported that ...