Gunmen in Syria have shot dead 10 people in a "massacre" in a village home to members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, ...

Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are weighing whether to trust them.

Three concentric circles of domestic, regional, and global actors compete for power and influence in Syria because of the ...

"Preserving these sites is not only a religious duty but also a gesture of respect for the history and culture of the entire ... after documented attacks on Alawites, Assad's ethnoreligious ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that the armed groups in Syria should be merged into a single army and a single ...

While the fall of the Assad dynasty represents an epochal turning point for Syrians, the future remains in all senses ...

Three-quarters of Syria’s 23 million citizens are Sunnis, one-tenth are Alawites, and the rest are a mix of Christians ... From news to politics, travel to sport, culture to climate – The Independent ...

Calls for Syria’s new authorities to guarantee equality and safety for Syria’s ethnic and religious minorities have been loud ...

The smallest spark—like falling in love with a Muslim or Alawite—could unravel the delicate balance ... Aleppo, a city that symbolized our resilience and culture, has been overrun. The fear of the ...

Syria’s first post-Assad protests broke out on Dec. 25 after a video claiming to show the destruction of an Alawite shrine ...

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.

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 ...