The Alawite sect of Shiite Islam thrived under the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, though it accounts for only 10% of the ...

Just weeks after the massacres targeting the Alawite community, Druze populations are now being attacked by armed groups — ...

Syria's minority groups are in a new era following the fall of the Assad regime. Concerns about sectarian violence have ...

The observatory described the strikes as a "warning message" as they took place near one of the most fortified and symbolic ...

After the Alawites, Christians, are other minorities next?” a community leader told The Jerusalem Post. “This is really ...

Images and videos circulating on social media showed the site heavily damaged and burnt. A large pit was visible where the ...

Syria's Islamist rulers on Friday denounced an air strike near the presidential palace as a "dangerous escalation", as Israel ...

Israel bombed an area near the presidential palace in Damascus early on Friday in its clearest signal yet of hostility toward the Islamist-led Syrian authorities and a preparedness to ramp up military ...

It is the first official confirmation that Russian authorities have denied the request from Damascus. Assad and his family ...

The Cypriot foreign ministry on Friday said it is “following with concern the developments in neighbouring Syria” amid the latest outbreak of violence in the country.Clashes have broken out between ...

The Syrian authorities officially requested the Kremlin to extradite dictator Bashar al-Assad after he fled to Russia.