A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...

Israel’s latest airstrikes in Syria are as much about preventing regime consolidation as they are about protecting the Druze ...

Alawites make up about 10% of Syria’s population of 24 million, living mostly along the country’s Mediterranean coast and nearby hilly countryside. They have long kept the details of their ...

Sharaa's hopes of stitching Syria back together under the rule of his Islamist-led government are complicated by the country's mix of sectarian and ethnic groups.

Syria’s Alawites fear they may never be safe after hundreds were killed in sectarian-motivated violence.

Balanche estimated that half a million Alawites have moved to coastal areas after being evicted from the capital, Homs, Aleppo, and other parts of Syria following Assad's fall.

The euphoria of Syria's new dawn has turned to violence. Alleged massacres of minority Alawites have sent a fresh wave of refugees into neighboring Lebanon.

A war monitoring group says the death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to ...

This past weekend's sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 years of civil war — and it threatens to open an endless cycle of vengeance.

Militias target Alawites Rights groups reported widespread revenge killings as militants from Syria’s Sunni majority targeted Alawites, regardless of whether they were involved in the insurgency.

Syrian Culture Minister Mohammed Yassin Saleh has ignited condemnation after appearing to call Alawites either criminals or ...

Syria's Alawites still face targeted attacks a month after brutal counteroffensive A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious ...