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

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

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

What has driven the violence, how has interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa reacted, and what have world power said?

After Sunnis, which comprise 70% of Syria’s population, the Alawite is the largest sect in the country. President Ahmed al-Sharaa views Alawites as ‘remnants of Assad’s regime’ and holds them responsi ...

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 ...

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented more than 740 civilians killed in the coastal cities of Latakia, ...

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

They are thrilled at the death of the Alawites, the same tribe from which came the Assad family. Western governments ostensibly should have demanded fair trials for any Alawite who was involved in the ...

Greece has been deeply alarmed over the renewed violence that broke out in Syria last week, in which over 1,000 people are ...