A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are ...

A sectarian-fueled killing spree exposed how fragile peace is in Syria, where the government’s control is limited and tension runs deep after nearly 14 years of civil war.

Those kidnapped included a retired teacher, an engineering student and a mechanic, all of them Alawite - the minority sect of toppled leader Bashar al-Assad.

Some of the worst violence in years drives members of a minority sect linked to fallen Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to flee for their lives, and many worry the new government is not serious about ...

mostly from the Alawite community, among those killed, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Hundreds of Syrian government soldiers and fighters loyal to Assad were ...

On March 6, armed groups began entering Alawite villages in western Syria and killing the residents. On March 7, a local woman wrote to her friend abroad: “They killed four families here ...

DAMASCUS - Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of sectarian killings began in western Syria, masked men stormed the homes of Alawite families in the capital Damascus and detained more than two ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s presidency announced on Friday that it would extend a probe into the killings of Alawite civilians in coastal areas that left hundreds dead after clashes between ...

BEIRUT (AP) — A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller ...

A Syrian Alawite family rides on a truck to return home, in Latakia, Syria March 13, 2025. (photo credit: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters) Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of sectarian killings began ...

Exclusive-How Syria's Sectarian Violence Spread to Capital, Terrorizing Alawites By Maya Gebeily, Timour Azhari and Feras Dalatey DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of ...