Syria's ousted dictator Bashar Assad and his family were members of the secretive religious minority, and used the community's fears and desires to stay in power.

Syria's new government has been facing new challenges with unrest emerging in certain regions amid a growing number of ...

According to the source, "another woman is in a coma, hit by a bullet when she was standing at the window, possibly filming" the protest on video ...

On December 27, security forces formed by the new Syrian government blocked districts of the city of Tartus, where Alawites organized riots ...

Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...

Syria's new rebel-led authorities say supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad have killed 14 interior ministry troops ...

The violence in Tartous province marks the deadliest challenge yet to the Islamist-led authorities which swept Bashar ...

Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs a day after protests by members of the ...

Protests erupted in Syria in areas dominated by the Alawite minority after video spread of militants desecrating an Alawite shrine. Alawites are widely seen as loyal to the former Assad regime.

Angry protests broke out Wednesday in Syria over a video showing an attack on an Alawite shrine, with a war monitor saying ...

Although members of the Christian community said they are happy to see the Assad regime go, many are wary of their new ...

The protests in Damascus broke out after footage circulated online of an artificial Christmas tree on fire in a mostly Christian town as masked men stand around it.