Chaos in Syria deepens as a newly formed Iraqi militia vows to defend the Alawites from alleged Hayat Tahrir al Sham ...

Chaos in Syria deepens as a newly formed Iraqi militia vows to defend the Alawites from alleged Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS)-led atrocities and Alawite militias escalate attacks on HTS-affiliated groups ...

Following the incident, the Hama governorate police department imposed a ban on carrying weapons in public places ...

Hundreds of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham fighters poured into the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast on Sunday in an ...

The move to put religion at the center of policing risks seeding new rifts in a diverse country awash with guns after 13 years of civil war and alienating foreign governments they have been trying ...

Officers say the move aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted ...

Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.

Syria’s first post-Assad protests broke out on Dec. 25 after a video claiming to show the destruction of an Alawite shrine ...

Three-quarters of Syria’s 23 million citizens are Sunnis, one-tenth are Alawites, and the rest are a mix of Christians, ...

The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group that was powerful and influential during the dictator's rule. The Alawites ...