Explore the Alawite faith's unique blend of Greek philosophy, Shia Islam, and Christian influences on soul, reincarnation, ...

It has been a month since a brutal mass killing shocked Syria. Hundreds of civilians belonging to Syrian minority groups lost ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met on Thursday in Qatar with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the first ...

Despite their small number, the Bektashis are set to form the world’s newest country — a first-of-its-kind Islamic microstate ...

The White House has issued a clarification on the explosive 245% tariff targeting Chinese imports. The new addendum reveals a ...

The Alawite Muslim group was seen as privileged during the rule of former leader Bashar Assad but has suffered repeated ...

A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are ...

DAMASCUS, - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has extended a deadline for a fact-finding committee to produce its report on the killings of Alawites on Syria's coast last month, the deadliest ...

According to human rights groups, more than 1,000 civilians — mostly Alawites, an Islamic minority to which Assad belongs — were killed in retaliatory attacks, including home raids ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad According to human rights groups, more than 1,000 civilians — mostly Alawites, an Islamic minority to which Assad belongs — were killed in ...

FILE - Red Crescent workers carry a wounded man outside the Russian air base in Hmeimim, near Latakia in Syria's coastal region on March 11, 2025, as they evacuate wounded members of the Alawite ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s presidency announced on Friday that it would extend a probe into the killings of Alawite civilians in coastal areas that left hundreds dead after clashes between ...