Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...

We hear shooting all around us – far away and close.” In what appears to be some of the worst violence seen in Syria since ...

Syria's new leader has vowed accountability and an investigation after reports of mass killings of Alawite civilians ...

A human rights group characterized the killings as executions and massacres, carried out in revenge against the Alawite ...

DAMASCUS — The death toll from continuing clashes in Syria's coastal region has surged to 1,018, including 745 civilians, the ...

The violence has raised the specter of a larger sectarian conflict in Syria and stoked panic in the coastal provinces of ...

The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the ...

The measure was explained by security consideration amid the continuing operations against armed supporters of former ...

On March 6, clashes broke out in various areas of Latakia between Syrian security forces and armed groups supporting former ...

DAMASCUS – Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa visited Latakia and Tartus on Feb 16, his office said, making his first official trip to the coastal provinces formerly known as strongholds ...