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

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

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

‘This’ is the outbreak of violence in Syria that killed 745 civilians in 30 ‘massacres’ along Syria’s Alawite-majority ...

After an attack on soldiers by supporters of the former Assad regime, a wave of violence has left more than 1,300 dead in the ...