The residents, members of the Alawite minority, now say their excitement has been replaced by fear. Masked men have terrorized the village, beating people, looting homes and using anti-Alawite slurs.

Alawites prefer to worship in private, at home or outdoors, believe the pilgrimage could be symbolic, don't think females needed to wear headscarves, use wine in their rituals and incorporate more ...

The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group that was powerful and influential during the dictator's rule. The Alawites are a minority sect which follows an esoteric offshoot of Shiite Islam.

Al-Rahy, a landscape worker and Alawite activist, was repairing damage in his brother’s house in this village after it was looted in the days after Syrian President Bashar Assad’s ouster.

The hillside village lies near the city of Tartus, in the heartland of Syria’s Alawites, an offshoot of Shia Islam from which the Assads hail. Pictures of Bashar al-Assad, the ousted dictator ...

Samar Ahmed, Alawite Latakia Resident (through interpreter ... Hisham was accused of being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, they believe, because he's Sunni,arrested and brutally tortured ...

Imam Zulfikar Fadil Gazal, a prominent figure in Syria's Alawite community, called for unity based on national identity, urging Syrians to set aside sectarian differences to build a stronger ...

From our special correspondent in Syria – A month after Bashar al-Assad's regime collapsed, Syria's Alawite minority, which served as the regime's backbone, fears a witch hunt. In their ...

As part of our ongoing mission to defend the oppressed and resist oppressors, we condemn the crimes committed by Jolani’s terrorists [a reference to Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS)] in Syria against ...

Syria's Alawites are living in fear following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime, according to the Washington Post this week. During his rule, Assad recruited many Alawites as military ...