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,
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Alawites are an Arab ethnic and religious group, with distinct cultures, languages and religious beliefs. They live mainly in ...
Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...
Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...
More than 1,300 dead in a few days - US condemns "Islamist terrorists & foreign jihadists who murder civilians" - Turkey ...
Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were ...
While Alawites are generally considered an offshoot of Shia Islam, their beliefs and practices are far more complex ...
The transitional leadership dispatched thousands of soldiers to combat an armed insurrection launched by Assad loyalists.
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Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa forms committees to investigate the recent waves of violence between security ...
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