Syrian Alawites, linked by religion with deposed president Assad, make surprising use of biblical characters. This is a three-part series about the Alawite sect in Syria and the March massacre in its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People from the Alawite sect protest as they demand federalism and an end to what they say is the killing and violations against ...

One Alawite survivor turned off the lights. One was too heavy to kidnap. One quickly showed a surprising ID. This is a three-part series about the Alawite sect in Syria and the March massacre in its ...

The Alawite sect of Shiite Islam thrived under the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, though it accounts for only 10% of the nation's population. Assad himself is Alawite, and he surrounded himself ...

In Syria, over a thousand people have been killed, the vast majority of them civilians, in a spate of massacres largely targeting the country’s Alawite religious minority. Syria’s longtime ruling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A member of Syrian forces stands on a military truck in Latakia DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian security forces battled for a second ...

LATAKIA, Syria — Clashes broke out on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counter-demonstrators on Sunday, two days after a bombing at an Alawite mosque in the ...

Syria's new government is struggling to impose order in a country where some are settling scores. Sunni Arab fighters have killed members of the same religious sect as the deposed president. Now to ...

LATAKIA, Syria — Clashes broke out on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counterdemonstrators Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens of others, ...

HOMS, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of mourners gathered Saturday despite rain and cold outside of a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs where a bombing the day before killed eight people and wounded 18. The ...

Syrian security forces battled for a second day on Friday to crush a nascent insurgency by fighters from Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect, with scores reported killed as the Islamist-led government ...