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

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

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

The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the recent deadly attacks on civilians in Syria, saying the ...

When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...

Reportedly, armed Sunni factions, who are loyal to the new government, launched revenge killings operations against Assad’s ...

Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...

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 ...

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

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

Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday there was “no justification” for attacks on minorities in Syria, including Alawites, the ...

The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the recent deadly attacks on civilians in Syria, saying the ...