The violence has pitted the Islamist-led government's security forces against fighters from Assad's Alawite minority. The ...

The days-long conflict has been among Syria's deadliest in a decade. Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed, including women ...

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...

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 killed in violence that has swept the coastal region since Thursday.

‘This’ is the outbreak of violence in Syria that killed 745 civilians in 30 ‘massacres’ along Syria’s Alawite-majority ...

Over 1,300 people have been killed in fierce clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, ...

A religious minority in Syria, the Alawite sect makes up 12% of the country's population, whose majority belongs to the Sunni ...

It is rare to hear of a regime in our time that has triumphed and treated its followers and affiliates with nobility and ...

The bloody clashes between supporters of former dictator Bashar al-Assad and those of the new regime are undermining the ...

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

The United Nations (UN) called on Syria’s interim government on March 9 2025 to take urgent action to protect civilians ...