Syria descends into violence: Who are the Alawites who are being killed in hundreds?
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 belong to this sect,
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 ...
Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...
Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires ...
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