Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.
The Sunni rebels view Iran as their enemy and, of course, will not cooperate with it. As a result, the Shia crescent has been ...
The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group that was powerful and influential during the dictator's rule. The Alawites ...
SDC maps path to decentralized future as Assad's fall creates delicate balance between Turkish threats and Islamist forces ...
They say disparate violent incidents in the past two months—including alleged extrajudicial killings and the destruction of a ...
Assad’s fall sparked joy for many Syrians, but it also triggered wariness from his religious sect, the Alawites, a Shiite offshoot that makes up around 10% of the population. Alawites served as ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The European Union on Monday agreed on a roadmap to ease sanctions on Syria following a top meeting ...
A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...
DEIR SHMAYEL, Syria — In the mountains east of Syria's Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face could ...
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 ...