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

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

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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 ...

In the mountains east of Syria's Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face could be ...

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 ...

A security sweep was underway in the city on Thursday, with a so-called rights monitor saying the targets included "protest organizers" from the Alawite minority. Authorities called "on the residents ...

Homs (Syria) (AFP) – In Syria's third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community say they are terrified as new authorities comb their districts for "remnants of ...

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Protests erupted in Syria's coastal cities, Tartus and Latakia, as well as Homs and Assad's hometown Qardaha, following a video showcasing an attack on an Alawite shrine in Aleppo. The Assad ...