Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...

Alawites are an Arab ethnic and religious group, with distinct cultures, languages and religious beliefs. They live mainly in ...

Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...

The question asked by many Syrians from Alawite, Shiite, Druse, Christian and other minority communities has become: “Can [I] ...

Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) condemns civilian massacres in Syria by Islamist forces targeting Alawites, Christians, and Shias. IMSD calls for an independent inquiry and urges global ...

This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 ...

Syria's interim leader has appealed for unity, as violence and revenge killings continued in areas loyal to ousted former ...

A charity that campaigns against the persecution of Christians worldwide has condemned false reports of a “Christian genocide ...

It began on March 6, forces in the coastal region came under attack from fighters under the Assad regime.  Read more at ...

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

- The Christians are split into a number of denominations - some of them tiny communities with ancient roots in pre-Islamic ...