Syria's Alawites: From Power To Peril
While Alawites are generally considered an offshoot of Shia Islam, their beliefs and practices are far more complex ...
What We Know About the Unrest in Syria
Over 1,300 people have been killed in fierce clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, ...
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Mass killings cast doubt on new Syria authorities' ability to rule
Mass killings in Syria's Alawite coastal cities raise doubts about new authorities' ability to govern, with sectarian ...
Hundreds killed in Syria as new leader says divisions from Assad regime are prompting fresh violence
The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo marked the first such clashes there since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
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Massacre of 1,500 in Alawite heartland casts doubt on new Syrian government's ability to rule
Nearly 1,500 people, mostly Alawite civilians, have been killed by security forces in just a few days, throwing into question the ability of Syria's new government to maintain peace in a country ...
Syrian defence ministry says operation against Assad loyalists is over
By Jana Choukeir DUBAI (Reuters) -A Syrian military operation against loyalists of ousted President Bashar al-Assad has been ...
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Who are the Alawites, why are they being killed in Syria?
A religious minority in Syria, the Alawite sect makes up 12% of the country's population, whose majority belongs to the Sunni ...