After Sunnis, which comprise 70% of Syria’s population, the Alawite is the largest sect in the country. President Ahmed al-Sharaa views Alawites as ‘remnants of Assad’s regime’ and holds them responsi ...

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa forms committees to investigate the recent waves of violence between security ...

A Syrian security source said the pace of fighting had slowed around Latakia, Jabla and Baniyas, while forces searched ...

The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the ...

On March 6, clashes broke out in various areas of the Latakia governorate between Syrian security forces and armed groups ...

Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad has escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days.

The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the ...

President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Sunday that his government would "firmly" hold accountable anyone implicated in the killing ...

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ...

Syria's government on Sunday announced a probe after the killing of Alawite civilians triggered an international backlash ...