Agence France-Presse on MSN7h
From Lebanon refuge, trauma scars Syria's minority Alawites
When he arrived in the town of Masaoudiyeh in northern Lebanon earlier this month, fleeing massacres on Syria's Mediterranean ...
Who are the Alawites facing a new wave of violence in Syria?
The latest killings have included a campaign against Syria's Alawites, which was triggered by an attack on new government ...
Analysis: Lebanon-Syria border clashes raise the alarm
The deadly clashes that erupted this week in an area between Lebanon and Syria have brought historical border issues and ...
In Syria's coastal villages, the Alawite community feels abandoned by the new authorities: 'We want the attackers to be punished'
Between March 7 and 9, the towns of al-Sanobar and Huraysun were taken over by Islamist factions allied with the new Syrian ...
Syria's infernal cycle of revenge: 'I don't trust men from my own community'
After the killings targeting the Alawite community, Syrian society is struggling to extricate itself from the crimes of the ...
Foreign Affairs6d
In Syria, Moving Forward Means Looking Back
PHUONG PHAM is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Killings in Syrian village foreshadowed flare-up of sectarian violence
The bloodletting between Alawites and forces backing Syria’s new government surprised many. But tensions had been building since the ouster of President Assad.
AOL6d
Between Fear and Reconciliation in Syria
“This violence affects the entire Syrian people,” he said. “It is primarily directed against Alawites ... Women sobbed, soldiers wiped their bloody hands, and at 3 o’clock sharp the ...
The Times of Israel5d
Silent Genocide: Who are the Alevis and Alawites? What is happening in Syria?
Syria’s ousted leader ... used terms like “Nusayri army” and “Nusayri soldiers” to equate the regime with the Alawite community. In a 2015 interview with Al Jazeera, Jabhat al-Nusra ...
At least 16 people killed after ordnance from Syrian civil war explodes in port city of Latakia
The Syrian Civil Defense says Ordnance from Syria’s 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, collapsing a ...
Manx Radio4d
Who are the Alawites facing a new wave of violence in Syria?
The Alawites are a religious minority in Syria, originating from Shia Islam ... many Alawites have been fired from their jobs and some former soldiers who reconciled with the new authorities ...