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'Roads full of corpses': terrified Alawites in Syria flee attacks
Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, ...
The last good days in Syria before a new nightmare began
When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...
NDTV Exclusive: Hunted Down, Massacred, Syria's Alawites Ask India For Help
Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires ...
Who are Syria's Alawites? The sect facing violence after Assad's fall
Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...
Who are Alawites, and why are they being targeted in Syria?
An ambush on a Syrian security patrol near Latakia by pro-Assad gunmen has ignited days of clashes, leading to over 1,000 ...
Who are Alawites? Why are they facing deadly attacks in Syria?
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), at least 745 civilians, mostly Alawites, have been killed in ...
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 ...
Hundreds reported killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Alawite heartland
The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the ...
Who are Alawites and why they are being butchered in this Muslim country? Experts say revenge…, Sunni population…
Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...
Syrian defence ministry says operation against Assad loyalists is over
Clashes between Assad loyalists and the country's new Islamist rulers in the former president's coastal heartland have killed ...
Who Are Syria’s Alawites, Why Are They Claiming Threat From Ahmed al-Sharaa Govt? Explained
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 ...
As People Are Abducted on Unpatrolled Streets, Syrians Demand Better Protection
When the new government took over, it dismissed the Assad regime police and other forces, leaving a security vacuum. Now, ...