On March 8, Ibrahim was abducted in front of his two boys and wife by fighters who had stormed into the coastal city of Jableh, Latakia. The fighters, nominally aligned with Syria’s new ...

When Alawites began to flee to Lebanon in early March, Ismail said much of the initial help came from local community members ...

“I thought for certain they would kill us,” Ibrahim said. In nearly two dozen interviews, Syrian Alawites said they are worried about discrimination under the country’s new government and ...

The euphoria of Syria's new dawn has turned to violence. Alleged massacres of minority Alawites have sent a fresh wave of refugees into neighboring Lebanon. There was euphoria in December ...

Three Alawite civilians were killed in western Syria overnight, hours after an attack on government forces killed at least ...

Before the civil war, there were around 2 million Alawites in the country, making up approximately 12 percent of the population. Weeks earlier, on January 29, following a lightning offensive ...

Ghadir, one of their most sacred holidays. The festival, observed on the 18th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, commemorates a ...

Five men belonging to Syria’s minority Alawite community have been found dead at a hospital, two days after security forces ...

Alawites in Syria are still under the pressure of the interim government. Recently published images of a mass grave of the ...

Minutes to Leave: Syria's Alawites Evicted From Private Homes at Gunpoint By Amina Ismail DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Early one evening in late January, 12 masked men stormed the Damascus home of Um ...

The fighters, nominally aligned with Syria’s new government, had descended on the region and were looking for Alawites – a religious minority to which Syria’s former leader Bashar al-Assad ...

Alawites say they are being evicted from homes at gunpoint Human rights groups assert widespread abuses of Alawites New Syrian leader promises to create inclusive country DAMASCUS, April 30 ...