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 ...

Local television reports that the country's president has ordered the creation of an independent commission to investigate ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

More than 1,300 dead in a few days - US condemns "Islamist terrorists & foreign jihadists who murder civilians" - Turkey ...