How the rebels treat the sizeable Alawite population, will be some kind of litmus test of whether the takeover of Damascus ...

Syria’s minority Alawite community is gripped by terror as reports spread of killings and disappearances under the country’s new Islamist rulers.

Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...

A deluge of false or misleading information about Syria has flooded social media. Local and international actors are ...

Syria's new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs a day after protests by members of the ...

After tacitly recognizing the new Syrian government mostly led by representatives of the Islamist Hay at Tahrir al-Sham HTS ...

After the jihadist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham took power in Syria, several attacks on the country’s Alawite and Christian ...

The Alawites feared retribution, and for good reason. The Alawites used terror to maintain power for decades. Most Syrians have good reason to hate the Alawites, as well as all those who have ...

Given the key role Alawites played in Assad's brutally repressive government, experts had expected sectarian violence to be more widespread. But HTS has worked to reduce tensions in villages where ...

Although members of the Christian community said they are happy to see the Assad regime go, many are wary of their new ...

Footage began to circulate online Monday showing flames at the base of an artificial Christmas tree in the mostly Christian ...