Who are the Alawites facing a new wave of violence in Syria?
The latest killings have included a campaign against Syria's Alawites, which was triggered by an attack on new government ...
French foreign minister proposes sanctions on those behind attacks against Syria's Alawites
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday that he had proposed at a European Union meeting for sanctions to be ...
In Syria's coastal villages, the Alawite community feels abandoned by the new authorities: 'We want the attackers to be punished'
Between March 7 and 9, the towns of al-Sanobar and Huraysun were taken over by Islamist factions allied with the new Syrian ...
Revenge Bloodshed In Syria: How Did The Violent Clashes Unfold?
The revenge bloodshed began after hundreds of pickup trucks full of fighters descended on the heartlands of the minority ...
Syria’s Struggle to Unify Military Was Evident in Outburst of Violence
Sectarian-driven killings of civilians this month displayed the government’s weak control over both its own forces and ...
‘Ethnic cleansing!’ Videos show Syrian government-aligned forces reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town
A CNN investigation sheds light on the massacre of an Alawite community in al-Sanobar, or Pine village, where ...
In Baniyas, Syria, a Sunni man who saved Alawites from a massacre speaks: 'We acted out of simple humanity'
In a district of Baniyas, executions perpetrated against Alawites by Sunni factions caused around 100 deaths. A man in his ...
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The mass killings in Syria are being ignored – but may shape the Middle East
Massacres, often ignored or forgotten by the outside world but not by their victims, are one of the great driving forces of ...
Blast from suspected old bomb in Syria kills 16
Experts estimate that between 100,000 and 300,000 of the roughly 1 million munitions used during the Syrian civil war never ...
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‘Hope in Syria is really hanging by a thread’: EU pledges more aid despite violence
The EU has spearheaded efforts to restore diplomatic ties with Syria in recent months, including by lifting sanctions ...
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EU hosts aid drive for post-Assad Syria
Germany on Monday kicked off a new pledging round of aid for Syria, as the EU hosts a donor drive for the war-torn country ...
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'Pray for us. They've arrived': How Syria descended into revenge bloodshed
"I heard children screaming, gunfire, and my father trying to calm down the children," said Hassan Harfoush, an Alawite from Al-Qusour who's now living in Iraq, describing a phone call with his family ...