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

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

For two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the ...

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

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

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

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

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol near Latakia by pro-Assad gunmen has ignited days of clashes, leading to over 1,000 ...

It accounts for around 10% of Syria's population, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim. Assad belonged to the sect. However, since the civil war intensified, different militant groups have been ...

The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the ...

At least 1,300 have been killed in Syria as security forces clash with loyalists of ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The violence is concentrated in Tartus and Latakia, home to Alawites. The Assads ...