Imam Zulfikar Fadil Gazal, a respected leader within Syria's Alawite community, has called for unity centered on national ...

With its wide boulevards and tree-lined neighborhoods, Homs bustled with business, an oil refinery, and agricultural production. Sunni and Alawite Muslims, Orthodox and Catholic Christians—diverse ...

If your sectarian affiliation harms your national affiliation, leave the sect and give priority to the homeland,’ Imam Zulfikar Fadil Gazal tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı ...

After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians grasp for answers and a path to restoration under new president Ahmed al-Sharaa.

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

As preparations were being made to entomb former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad in a mausoleum nearby, a young Imam sat on the steps of the mosque and sighed, before confessing a dangerous ...

Today’s jihadists are taking over mosques and spreading their bile from ... frustrations are finding an outlet in attacks on the Alawite sect that propped up the Assads. In Homs, a largely ...

The end of a half-century of Assad family rule in Syria marked a turning point in the country's deadly 13-year civil war ...

The Assad dynasty crumbled in mere weeks under a coordinated opposition offensive starting in late November 2024. The ...

Top rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Julani speaks to a crowd at Ummayad Mosque in Damascus ... Nearly all ethnic and religious groups, except the Alawites who ruled the country, have been ...

the Alawite heartland. HTS intolerance towards “apostates” was even on display at the Umayyad Mosque in the heart of old Damascus. This majestic eighth-century mosque was formerly open to all, but in ...