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

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

The residents, members of the Alawite minority, now say their excitement has been replaced by fear. Masked men have terrorized the village, beating people, looting homes and using anti-Alawite slurs.

The hillside village lies near the city of Tartus, in the heartland of Syria’s Alawites, an offshoot of Shia Islam from which the Assads hail. Pictures of Bashar al-Assad, the ousted dictator ...

Protests erupted across Syria overnight in areas dominated by the Alawite minority after videos spread of militants desecrating an Alawite shrine. Alawites are seen as having been loyal to the ...