The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group that was powerful and influential during the dictator's rule. The Alawites ...

They say disparate violent incidents in the past two months—including alleged extrajudicial killings and the destruction of a ...

The fields along Syria’s Mediterranean coast once produced wheat, tomatoes and olives to feed the country. They were a ...

In Syria's third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community say they are terrified as new ...

Assad's regime collapsed, Syria's Alawite minority, which served as the regime's backbone, fears a witch hunt. In their ...

As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family's ancestral home of Latakia province are both ...

Assad’s regime, the status of minorities and their future is among the most crucial questions. Although many people have ...

Assad’s regime on December 8 has put Syria in the spotlight once again. Following over a decade of conflict, the killing of ...

Syria’s path to stability may become hindered by foreign interference, radical groups and international pressure ...

Assad Syria, the Alawite community, long associated with the fallen regime, faces deepening insecurity and sectarian anxiety.

The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will ...

Syrian state media said a five-day security operation in Homs city ended Monday, with a war monitor reporting hundreds of ...