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.

The Syrian capital's Sunni-populated suburb was besieged and bombed for years by government forces, in the name of protecting ...

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

The Syrian transitional government’s Ministry of Interior continued a security operation pursuing “remnants of the former ...

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 ...

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 ...

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule ...

Alawites controlled power in the predominantly Sunni Muslim country for the 50 years of the Assad family's rule, holding top positions in the government, military and intelligence services.

Syria's new government has been facing new challenges with unrest emerging in certain regions amid a growing number of ...