The Arab Alawite population, concentrated along the country's western coastline and in major cities, finds itself defenseless ...

LATAKIA, Syria -- Clashes broke out on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and ...

The killings by government-affiliated forces left nearly 1,500 Alawites dead and led tens of thousands to flee out of fear ...

More than 1,400 people died in March in attacks on security forces and subsequent mass killings of Alawites, a Syrian fact-finding committee said on Tuesday. However, it concluded that commanders had ...

Fear still grips Syria’s coast. After weeks in hiding, Khairallah Dib emerged only after assurances of amnesty. An Alawite ...

Sunday's protests came a couple of days after a bombing at an Alawite mosque in the Syrian city of Homs killed eight people and injured 18 others. Although authorities have not yet publicly identified ...

Protesters gathered in coastal cities of Latakia and Tartous two days after a bombing at an Alawite mosque in Homs killed 8 people ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In July 2025, clashes between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Arabs backed by government-affiliated forces led to hundreds of deaths in Sweida province in southern Syria.

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 ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of members of Syria’s Alawite minority sect demonstrated in the country’s central and coastal regions Tuesday against what they say are acts of discrimination by the ...