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

Syrians flee to an airport which is primarily used for military purposes and serves as a Russian airbase in the northwest ...

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

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

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

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 162 civilians were "executed" in a coastal region linked to ousted ...

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

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

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

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

Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires ...

Ten thousand members of the Alawite minority escaping sectarian violence in Syria have crossed into Lebanon over the past ...