Israeli forces struck the Syrian General Staff compound in Damascus, citing concerns over violence against the Druze minority ...

Syria’s defense minister has announced a ceasefire after government forces entered a key city in Sweida province on Tuesday.

Reuters spoke with over 200 families of victims during visits to massacre sites and by phone, 40 security officials, fighters and commanders, and government-appointed investigators and mediators.

Alawites make up about 10% of Syria’s population of 24 million, living mostly along the country’s Mediterranean coast and nearby hilly countryside.

Militias target Alawites . Rights groups reported widespread revenge killings as militants from Syria’s Sunni majority targeted Alawites, regardless of whether they were involved in the insurgency.

Alawites took many of the top positions in government and the military and ran big businesses. They now accuse supporters of Sharaa, who once ran an al Qaeda affiliate, of systematically abusing ...

Syrian Culture Minister Mohammed Yassin Saleh has ignited condemnation after appearing to call Alawites either criminals or ...

Syria's Alawites still face targeted attacks a month after brutal counteroffensive. Reinforcement Syrian security forces deploy in the outskirts of Latakia, Syria, Friday, March 7, 2025.

Syria's Alawites still face targeted attacks a month after brutal counteroffensive. A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious ...

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 ...

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 ...