How the rebels treat the sizeable Alawite population, will be some kind of litmus test of whether the takeover of Damascus ...

The Syrian capital's Sunni-populated suburb was besieged and bombed for years by government forces, in the name of protecting ...

Syria’s minority Alawite community is gripped by terror as reports spread of killings and disappearances under the country’s new Islamist rulers.

Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...

Syria's new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs a day after protests by members of the ...

After tacitly recognizing the new Syrian government mostly led by representatives of the Islamist Hay at Tahrir al-Sham HTS ...

For decades the Alawites had prospered by supporting the Assad family, but thirteen years of civil war had meant heavy losses for the Alawites and that was blamed on misrule by the Assads. The Assad ...

Alawites controlled power in the predominantly Sunni Muslim country for the 50 years of the Assad family's rule, holding top positions in the government, military and intelligence services.

Although members of the Christian community said they are happy to see the Assad regime go, many are wary of their new ...

Syria’s de facto new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has tried to cast his leadership as one that will protect minorities, including ...

Syria's new government has been facing new challenges with unrest emerging in certain regions amid a growing number of ...