A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...

Sharaa's hopes of stitching Syria back together under the rule of his Islamist-led government are complicated by the country's mix of sectarian and ethnic groups.

Intense fighting has gripped the city of Suwayda in southern Syria this week. It broke out between the new Syrian regime’s forces, armed groups of the Druze minority and other militias. And the ...

Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa faces complex challenges in reuniting Syria under an Islamist-led government. The nation's diverse ethnic and sectarian makeup, including Sunnis, Alawites, Druze, ...

Alawites make up about 10% of Syria’s population of 24 million, living mostly along the country’s Mediterranean coast and nearby hilly countryside. They have long kept the details of their ...

The mass killings of Alawites and how Syrian government forces and factions are linked to the bloodshed ‘Turn off cameras. Kill every male. Their blood is as dirty as pigs,’ wrote a militiaman ...

Syria’s Alawites fear they may never be safe after hundreds were killed in sectarian-motivated violence.

The euphoria of Syria's new dawn has turned to violence. Alleged massacres of minority Alawites have sent a fresh wave of refugees into neighboring Lebanon.

Balanche estimated that half a million Alawites have moved to coastal areas after being evicted from the capital, Homs, Aleppo, and other parts of Syria following Assad's fall.

BEIRUT (AP) — A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller ...

Syrian Culture Minister Mohammed Yassin Saleh has ignited condemnation after appearing to call Alawites either criminals or ...

In 2020, the UN described “deeply troubling” reports of executions and abuses at the hands of HTS law enforcement authorities. Human Rights Watch documented how HTS, killed 149 Alawites.