In the Al-Qusour district, residents are trying to go back to their lives after the deadly attacks carried out by various ...

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

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

Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...

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

Sharaa blamed pro-Assad groups backed by foreigners for triggering the bloodshed but acknowledged that revenge killings had ...

The agreement between the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, and the interim president of Syria, Ahmed ...

Lebanon could be on the brink of a “massive” new refugee crisis if massacres of the Alawite minority in Syria continue, ...

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

Alawites are an Arab ethnic and religious group, with distinct cultures, languages and religious beliefs. They live mainly in ...

Recent clashes between anti-government groups and security forces in Syria have put the Alawite community in the spotlight.

Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...