While Alawites are generally considered an offshoot of Shia Islam, their beliefs and practices are far more complex ...
At least 1,300 have been killed in Syria as security forces clash with loyalists of ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The violence is concentrated in Tartus and Latakia, home to Alawites. The Assads ...
An ambush on a Syrian security patrol near Latakia by pro-Assad gunmen has ignited days of clashes, leading to over 1,000 ...
Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...
Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...
Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...
Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni populations who ...
A Syrian war monitor has reported that security forces carried out the execution of 52 Alawite men in Latakia province, an ...
The killing of at least 745 civilians in massacres targeting the Alawite minority in Syria exposes the criminality of NATO ...
SOHR further reported that Syrian security forces carried out at least 162 summary executions of Alawites in Latakia province ...
The violence broke out on Thursday, three months after the insurgent-led government seized power, bringing an end to Assad’s ...
It accounts for around 10% of Syria's population, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim. Assad belonged to the sect. However, since the civil war intensified, different militant groups have been ...