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

Earlier, the Israeli TV channel i24 News reported that the Alawite community leaders sent a letter to the Israeli government ...

The sect has its roots in Shia Islam. The word Alawite means “follower of Ali,” the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet ...

On March 6, clashes erupted in the provinces of Latakia, Tartus, and Homs between security forces loyal to the new Syrian authorities and supporters of former President Bashar Assad ...

Akram has been watching helplessly as his neighbours' homes burn from a hilltop where he took refuge after pro-government gunmen raided villages in the coastal area, the heartland of the Alawite ...

Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were ...

Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, ...

Violence is flaring across parts of western Syria, as forces of the self-styled Syrian transitional government have clashed with Alawite militias and ...

The announcement comes as the fighting between pro-Assad militias and members of the security forces killed more than 1,000 ...

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

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