Facing pressure from Al-Sharaa's government, the Alawites aimed to seize control of Jableh. The government responded by mobilizing forces, resulting in civilian casualties. This was part of a Russian-Iranian effort to stir the pot in Syria and create chaos ...

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. More than 1,000 people have been killed since Thursday, a war monitor said.

Alawites are an Arab ethnic and religious group, with distinct cultures, languages and religious beliefs. They live mainly in the Levant region in West Asia.

A war monitor says that clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad in the country’s coastal region have left more than 70 people dead and the area outside

A war monitoring group said more than 1,000 were killed in revenge attacks and clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad.

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

Amid efforts by the U.N and Europe to woo former terror chief Ahmed al-Sharaa with sanctions relief, his regime is accused of killing hundreds of civilians from the minority Alawite community.