Alawites Bashar al-Assad

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

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,

The Caledonian-Record · 2d

Syria's Sharaa urges Alawites to surrender after deadly clashes

Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday urged insurgents from ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority to lay down their arms or face the consequences after the fiercest attacks on the

Christian Science Monitor · 1d

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.

Assad, Syria

The Associated Press on MSN · 2h

Syria announces the end of a military operation against Assad-linked gunmen in a coastal region

Syria's interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted president Bashar Assad and his family in the worst fighting since the end of the 13-year civil war in December.

Reuters on MSN · 6h

Syrian defence ministry says operation against Assad loyalists is over

Clashes between Assad loyalists and the country's new Islamist rulers in the former president's coastal heartland have killed more than 1,000 people, mostly civilians, according to a war monitoring group.

Forbes · 2d

Like Assad, The New Leader In Damascus Cannot Reconquer Syria By Force

Outstanding issues between Damascus, the armed Druze groups, and the SDF can likely be resolved through protracted negotiations and mutual willingness to compromise.

Syria, Alawite

Reuters · 1d

More than 1,000 killed in Syrian crackdown on Alawite region, war monitor says

Gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new Islamist rulers killed more than 340 people, the head of a war monitor said.

U.S. News & World Report · 4h

Explainer-What Is Driving the Bloodshed in Syria?

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 violence has pitted the Islamist-led government's security forces against fighters from Assad's Alawite minority.

France24 (Video) on MSN · 42m

Syria: 'People are still living in fear' after mass killings in Alawite region

Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, after nearly 1,000 civilians were killed in the worst violence since his overthrow.

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 ...

16hon 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 ...

Asharq Al-Awsat26m

Syria’s 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 ...

American Military News3h

Hundreds of Civilians Reportedly Killed as New Damascus Rulers Hunts for Assad Remnants

Violence is flaring across parts of western Syria, as forces of the self-styled Syrian transitional government have clashed with Alawite militias and ...

Dozens killed in Syria as soldiers still loyal to tyrant Bashar al-Assad ‘ambush new rulers’ army without mercy’

DOZENS of people have been killed after soldiers loyal to ousted tyrant Bashar al-Assad launched a surprise ambush on the ...

The Economist4d

Syria has got rid of Bashar al-Assad, but not sectarian tensions

Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

The Week1d

Latakia executions: 745 civilians gunned down in Ahmed al-Sharaa's revenge killings targeting Assad loyalists

According to a Syrian war monitor, the latest executions in Latakia is among the highest death tolls in the war-torn country ...

The Times of Israel2d

Katz calls new Syria president an ‘al-Qaeda terrorist’ after reports Alawites executed

Harsh statement comes as rights group says government-affiliated forces executed at least 90 Alawites as they move to crush a ...

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