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

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

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 ...

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

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

Analysts have said the latest violence, with nearly 1,000 dead, calls into question the new authorities' ability to rule ...

Over 1,300 people have been killed in fierce clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, ...

The announcement comes as the fighting between pro-Assad militias and members of the security forces killed more than 1,000 ...

Violence is flaring across parts of western Syria, as forces of the self-styled Syrian transitional government have clashed with Alawite militias and ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor ...

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...

It accounts for around 10% of Syria's population, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim. Assad belonged to the sect. However, since the civil war intensified, different militant groups have been ...