The Alawite community, formerly central to Assad's regime, faces significant violence and persecution under the new Islamist-led government. Relatives and neighbours attend the funeral procession ...

The situation in Syria has remained tense while security forces battle gunmen loyal to ex-president Bashar al-Assad and attacks continue against the Alawite minority to which he belongs.

The violence and revenge killings in Syria have once again torn open the scars of its 13-year civil war. An attack on Thursday near the port city of Latakia led to the worst bloodshed since ...

"And the Alawite genocide in Syria," reads the banner displayed during a demonstration in İstanbul. Alawite organizations and political parties protested attacks on Alawite communities in Syria’s ...

Syria: Clashes between new security forces and Assad loyalists erupted on Thursday in the Alawite heartland, escalating into reported mass killings. Months after the ousting of former president ...

Alawites revenge: The future of the Alawite community in Syria has remained uncertain since the removal of Bashar al-Assad from power. Once powerful under the previous regime, the Alawites now ...

Religious minority group Alawites, who have been the target of the ongoing revenge killings in Syria, narrated the ordeal of being a witness to the bloodbath that has resulted in the death of over ...

For two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, pursuing members of Syria's Alawite minority. The coastal ...

Thousands of Alawite families have fled to Hmeimim Airbase to avoid killings carried out by Syrian army. 'Widespread power cut' due to large fire at London electrical substation EU leaders ...

A human rights group characterized the killings as executions and massacres, carried out in revenge against the Alawite community, which made up... More than 1,300 people in Syria have been killed ...

On Sunday, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 830 civilians have been killed, along with 231 Syrian security forces and 250 Alawite militants. The figures could ...