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 ...

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

Entire families including women and children have been killed in Syria’s coastal region as part of recent a series of sectarian killings by rival groups, the UN human rights office said. The wave of ...

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

A few days after the United Nations secretary-general Guterres shook Ahmed al-Sharaa’s hands and praised his efforts at ...

Syria has been engulfed in a civil war. Until three months ago, dictator Bashar al-Assad controlled the government, but he ...

The new Syrian government has signed a deal with to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia into the ...

Footage and satellite images reviewed by The Times show civilians in the compound. Thousands have fled violent unrest in the ...

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.