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After Assad's ouster, Arab Alawites, seen as supporters of the regime, have become targets. Those who left their homeland and ...

Gunmen have killed six Alawite civilians on the coast and in the interior of the country in the past 24 hours, sources in the community said on Sunday, days after Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara ...

It would take four full days for the government to restore a semblance of order on the coast. In the meantime, the death toll ...

Their story is not unique. Since Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa seized power in December, hundreds of Alawites have been forced from their private homes in Damascus by the security forces ...

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 ...

Rights groups reported widespread revenge killings as militants from Syria’s Sunni majority targeted Alawites, regardless of whether they were involved in the insurgency. “Several people told ...

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 ...

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 ...

One man accused of killing an Alawite during the sectarian violence in March tells the BBC that armed civilians were advised and monitored by government forces.

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 ...

Militias target Alawites Rights groups reported widespread revenge killings as militants from Syria's Sunni majority targeted Alawites, regardless of whether they were involved in the insurgency.