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What's driving killings in Syria and who are the Alawites?

Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported killed in violence that has swept the coastal region since Thursday.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Hundreds reported killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Alawite heartland

The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the Sunni Islamist government.

NBC News on MSN · 2h

Hundreds of civilians killed in Syria as clashes erupt in former Assad strongholds

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo were the first such clashes there since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Syria says operation against Assad loyalists over

The Associated Press on MSN · 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.

BBC on MSN · 9h

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.

The Irish News on MSN · 12h

Syria ends military operation against Assad-linked gunmen in coastal region

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said 1,130 people were killed in clashes, including 830 civilians.

The Christian Post on MSN7h

Syria update: Christians among over 1,000 massacred amid worst atrocities since Assad's ousting

Christians and other religious minorities in Syria are sounding the alarm as more than 1,000 people have been killed since ...

9hon MSN

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 ...

23hon MSN

Who are Syria’s Alawites and why are they being targeted under Al-Sharaa’s rule?

Syria: Clashes between new security forces and Assad loyalists erupted on Thursday in the Alawite heartland, escalating into ...

11hon MSN

Is the pro-Assad insurgency a threat to the new Syria?

"Relative calm followed Assad's ousting, but violence has spiralled recently as forces linked to the new Islamist rulers ...

12hon MSN

Syria: Military ends operation against Assad loyalists

The days-long conflict has been among Syria's deadliest in a decade. Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed, including women ...

1h

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 ...

10h

This Word Means: Alawite

The sect has its roots in Shia Islam. The word Alawite means “follower of Ali,” the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet ...

France 24 on MSN13h

Massacre of 1,500 in Alawite heartland casts doubt on new Syrian government's ability to rule

Nearly 1,500 people, mostly Alawite civilians, have been killed by security forces in just a few days, throwing into question ...

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