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Reuters on MSN · 4h

New Syrian leader Sharaa says killings of Alawites threaten unity, vows justice

Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were a threat to his mission to unite the country, and promised to punish those responsible,

Who Are The Alawites, Why They Are Being Hunted Down And Killed In Syria

Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni populations who suffered under Assad's rule.

Syrian security forces accused of killing dozens of Alawites

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 162 civilians were "executed" in a coastal region linked to ousted president Bashar al-Assad.

deadly attacks on Assad's Alawites are blow to new leaders

Business Standard · 10h

Who are Syria's Alawites? The sect facing violence after Assad's fall

Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as sectarian tensions escalate in the war-torn country

Syria says operation against Assad loyalists over after deadly violence

A monitoring group says 973 civilians have been killed in revenge attacks against the Alawite sect since Thursday.

Christian Science Monitor · 2d

In Syria, deadly attacks on Assad’s Alawites are blow to new leaders

The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 600, a war monitoring group said Saturday.

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Who are Syria's Alawites, how are they different form other Muslims? Why are they being targeted?

Alawites are an Arab ethnic and religious group, with distinct cultures, languages and religious beliefs. They live mainly in ...

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Who are Alawites and why they are being butchered in this Muslim country? Experts say revenge…, Sunni population…

Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...

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Syria's Alawites: From Power To Peril

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

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NDTV Exclusive: Hunted Down, Massacred, Syria's Alawites Ask India For Help

Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires ...

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Syria’s government signs a breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast

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

TASS Russian News Agency1h

Authorities fear clashes in Syria to spill over into northern Lebanon — newspaper

According to The National, the Lebanese security forces have increased their control over the Sunni neighborhood and have ...

5hOpinion

The last good days in Syria before a new nightmare began

When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...

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