The war monitor argued that the groups ‘carried out reprisals and settled old scores with members of the Alawite minority to ...

Assad and his family are Alawite, an offshoot of Shia Islam ... Down the road, the once illustrious tomb of Bashar's father is now a symbol of the rebel advance. As they took Latakia, cheering ...

Since the Islamist HTS militia seized power in Syria, reports of excessive violence and executions of members of religious ...

Fighters affiliated with Syria's new Islamist leaders have carried out 35 summary executions over 72 hours, mostly of Assad-era officers, a war monitor said Sunday.

Fighters affiliated with Syria's new Islamist leaders have carried out 35 summary executions over 72 hours, mostly of ...

Fighters affiliated with Syria’s new Islamist leaders have carried out 35 summary executions over 72 hours, mostly of ...

While ostensibly aimed at restoring order, these operations have fueled further sectarian tensions, with reports of ...

In the latest report, SOHR documented that 35 former regime fighters were killed by forces aligned with Syria’s new ...

The BBC has reported attempted confiscations of Alawite property in Latakia province ... whose employment required us to remove religious symbols in the classroom. That was a costly but necessary ...

While the new government under HTS has promised religious freedom, concerns remain, especially after documented attacks on Alawites ... synagogue's significance as a symbol of cultural ...

But those goals are much more important than a quick move to a showy election that would likely, at best, provide more symbol than substance for building the new Syria — and that at worst could ...