Alawites are an Arab ethnic and religious group, with distinct cultures, languages and religious beliefs. They live mainly in ...
Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni populations who ...
While Alawites are generally considered an offshoot of Shia Islam, their beliefs and practices are far more complex ...
Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...
The killing of at least 745 civilians in massacres targeting the Alawite minority in Syria exposes the criminality of the ...
The violence broke out on Thursday, three months after the insurgent-led government seized power, bringing an end to Assad’s ...
More than 1,300 dead in a few days - US condemns "Islamist terrorists & foreign jihadists who murder civilians" - Turkey ...
Alawites constitute Syria’s largest minority and account for about 10 per cent of the population. The Assad connection has ...
Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were ...