Targeted killings of the Alawite minorities in Syria's coastal region continued this week despite the embattled country’s new ...

Over 1,200 Alawites killed in Syria’s Mediterranean coast amid post-Assad violence, raising sectarian tensions.

Since former president Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December, many Alawites -- his sect -- have feared reprisals for his ...

Survivors, witnesses and rights groups describe wave of violence since last Thursday Syria's defence ministry announced on ...

Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last ...

Syrian-Australians are mourning the loss of family members in their homeland after the reported killings of hundreds of civilians, mostly from the Alawite minority, in recent violence.

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Caution is warranted as regime elements appear to participate in ethnic cleansing.

The grim job of graves being dug, and burials has finally begun up and down the Syrian coast as calm is slowly restored, and ...

Hundreds reported killed in violence in Syria’s coastal region, which is heavily populated by Alawites. Entire families ...

Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed ...

The UN human rights office has verified the killing of 111 civilians in the coastal region, but says the actual figure is far ...