Syria's ousted dictator Bashar Assad and his family were members of the secretive religious minority, and used the community's fears and desires to stay in power.

Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...

Supporting Assad, himself an Alawite, was a matter not of loyalty or politics for this community, the regime insisted, but of ...

Syria's new government has been facing new challenges with unrest emerging in certain regions amid a growing number of ...

On Wednesday, rebels with the Islamist group that overthrew the regime, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), burned the tomb of ...

On December 8, 2024, jihadist forces led by the al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) seized power, creating new threats to the rights and lives of Christians, Alawites and other minorities.

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli soldiers stormed and burned a hospital after forcibly removing staff and patients ...

Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs a day after protests by members of the ...

Assad's recent ouster, ethnic Syrian Alawites have found themselves increasingly anxious over the future under HTS rule, ...

The violence in Tartous province marks the deadliest challenge yet to the Islamist-led authorities which swept Bashar ...

Unrest is brewing in Syria’s coastal plains, home to the Assad family’s Alawite sect. Earlier this week, a group of regime loyalists staged an ambush on the now-governing rebel forces, killing 14.

Like many in Jableh, they are Alawites, a minority from which the Assad family descends. Syria latest: UK in 'diplomatic ...