Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 1,400 people died in March in attacks on security forces and subsequent mass killings of Alawites, a Syrian fact-finding ...

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 attacks ...

In the midst of the Alawite massacre in Syria, in which nearly 1,000 civilians were killed, an agreement was reached between the Western-backed Sunni Islamist regime of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and ...

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. There was euphoria in December, when ...

LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Clashes broke out on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counterdemonstrators Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens of ...

As sectarian tensions rise in Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime, a minority sect fears for its future amid calls for mass slaughter. The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Early one evening in late January, 12 masked men stormed the Damascus home of Um Hassan's family, pointed AK-47 assault rifles in their faces and ordered them to leave. When they ...

LATAKIA, Syria (AP) —The clashes came two days after a bombing at an Alawite mosque in the city of Homs killed eight people and wounded 18 others during prayers. LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Clashes broke ...