The escalation in serious crimes across several villages and towns in the Latakia and Tartus governorates along the Syrian ...

It accounts for around 10% of Syria's population, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim. Assad belonged to the sect. However, since the civil war intensified, different militant groups have been ...

Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...

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The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and ...