Lebanon could be on the brink of a “massive” new refugee crisis if massacres of the Alawite minority in Syria continue, ...

Sara (a pseudonym) wore a fuzzy rainbow jacket, her blue rubber sandals caked in thick mud as she trudged up the road from ...

Following the recent attacks carried out against civilians in the Alawite-majority region in Syria’s coastal region, many ...

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

The agreement between the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, and the interim president of Syria, Ahmed ...

Over 1,200 dead as ‘mass killing’ of Alawites continues despite Syrian leader’s call for peace - Sharaa's government urged to ...

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

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

Sharaa blamed pro-Assad groups backed by foreigners for triggering the bloodshed but acknowledged that revenge killings had ...

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

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

The agreement provides for the integration of the armed forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the de facto autonomous ...