In his first interview to a global news agency, held after hundreds died in four days of clashes between Alawite Muslims and ...

Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...

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

It began on March 6, forces in the coastal region came under attack from fighters under the Assad regime.  Read more at ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol near Latakia by pro-Assad gunmen has ignited days of clashes, leading to over 1,000 ...

Plenty of Syrians are disappointed by the lack of justice for the former regime. Deals have been cut with commanders ...

Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday there was “no justification” for attacks on minorities in Syria, including Alawites, the ...

Syria’s interim government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast ...

Sectarian violence involving supporters of the deposed Assad regime has left hundreds dead, calling into question whether ...

Turkey has backed anti-Assad Syrian forces for years and maintains bases in Syria's north. Its defence ministry said there ...

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

Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...