Alawite insurgents are trying to foment sectarian conflict to undermine and destabilize the interim Syrian government.

Why has sectarian violence flared up again ... especially as triggers of this violence are deeply rooted in Syria’s past.

The U.S. has sent more forces to Syria, tamping down on the immediate threat, but experts warn that the extremist group could ...

A man points at bullet holes in a window of a hospital following a spate of violence between Syrian ... spurred concerns of a return to sectarian warfare in Syria, but there is still a path ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Three months following the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria ... into sectarian revenge attacks that killed hundreds of civilians, most of them Alawites, a minority sect ...

The new Syrian government ... the spreading violence. A spokesman for the local Ministry of Information, Abdel-Rahman Joukhdar, denied that there were any sectarian problems in Homs.

Geir Pedersen told the U.N. Security Council that Syria can return to violence or start an inclusive ... armed groups loyal to Assad spiraled into sectarian revenge attacks that killed hundreds ...

Why has sectarian violence flared up again ... especially as triggers of this violence are deeply rooted in Syria’s past. Unless core issues are addressed by the government – including inclusivity, ...

Sharaa has blamed the violence on the remains of Assad’s forces, claiming they were trying to incite sectarian strife ... triggers of this violence are deeply rooted in Syria’s past. Unless core ...