It was only a matter of time until the Haya’t Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) gunmen of Syria’s post-Assad interim government took into ...

Suhayl al-Hasan, a Russian-backed major general in the former Syrian Army, is also believed to be involved in the latest ...

DustVan shippers now have something to look forward to as Ivana Alawi just promised to invite Dustin Yu on ... “I’m home,” Ivana wrote in the caption. In the comment section, one user asked her to ...

Slavic Bogomil cult cemetery with the solar crosses in Nea Chalkidona near Thessaloniki, Greece. Credit: Extratall Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 The Bogomils were one of the oldest Christian sects that ...

What started as an attack on the coastal region by Assad loyalists, many of whom are from the former president’s Alawi sect, quickly spiralled into revenge attacks on civilians, leaving hundreds ...

In an interview held after hundreds died in four days of clashes between members of the Alawi sect and Syria’s new authorities, Sharaa said pro-Assad groups, “backed by foreigners”, were to ...

Despite receiving offers to run for public office, Ivana Alawi reiterated that she has no plans to join politics while reiterating that it is meant to be a form of public service. Alawi reiterated ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that security forces in Syria carried out "field executions," killing at least 162 Alawites in Latakia province - a key Assad stronghold and ...

The killings are concentrated in the coastal areas of Tartus and Latakia, which are home to the Alawite community, a small Islamic sect to which the Assads belong. Since the downfall of the Assad ...

The Alawi or “Nusayri” doctrine (named after ... Despite these differences, the sect has commonalities with Shia Islam. Like Shias, they believe in the divinity of Ali ibn Abu Talib, the ...

Ivana brightened the event by distributing joy and raffle prizes. Ivana Alawi (Images courtesy of Facebook) In a delightful gathering held recently in Quezon City, Ivana Alawi, a former content ...

The Syrian coast has a significant Alawi population — the sect from which much of the old regime, and the Assad family, hail. For years the Alawi have feared a massacre if the regime fell. Many young ...