Syria, Alawite

What's driving killings in Syria and who are the Alawites?
Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported killed in violence that has swept the coastal region since Thursday.
Hundreds reported killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Alawite heartland
The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the Sunni Islamist government.
“A Devastating Tragedy”: 1,000+ People Killed in Syria Amid Reports of Massacres Against Alawites
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 family,
A Syrian man barely escaped a wave of sectarian killings. His brothers did not
This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 years of civil war — and it threatens to open an endless cycle of vengeance
Syria's fragile transition hit by deadly sectarian violence
Syria's fragile transition from decades of Assad family brutal rule has been greatly shaken with an outburst of sectarian retribution and killings, posing a serious challenge to the new leadership led by Ahmad Sharaa.
More than 1,000 killed in Syrian crackdown on Alawite region, war monitor says
Gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new Islamist rulers killed more than 340 people, the head of a war monitor said.
Syria in mourning after mass killings in Alawite region
Assad's régime in Syria, the new government, led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, have drawn international condemnation for a four day spiral of violence in the regions of Latakia and Tartus. When a group of gunmen loyal to Assad ambushed Syrian security forces,
Amid massacre of Alawites in Syria, Islamist HTS regime and Kurdish SDF reach agreement
The agreement provides for the integration of the armed forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the de facto autonomous ...
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The Ugly Reality on the Ground in Syria
Caution is warranted as regime elements appear to participate in ethnic cleansing.
New Syrian leader Sharaa says killings of Alawites threaten unity, vows justice
Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were ...
Fact-finding group for Syrian killings says no one above the law
Witnesses and a war monitor reported the killing of hundreds of civilians in villages where most of the population are ...
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Türkiye denies allegation its soldiers targeted Alawite family in Syria
Communications Directorate says images circulating were of Israeli soldiers and taken in Lebanon and not Syria ...
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Syria determined to 'prevent unlawful revenge' says fact-finding committee
A committee formed by Syria's new authorities to investigate a wave of deadly violence said on Tuesday the country was ...
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World Leaders Who Rushed To Embrace New Syrian Leader Nearly Silent Following Massacre by His Forces
A few days after the United Nations secretary-general Guterres shook Ahmed al-Sharaa’s hands and praised his efforts at ...
Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
QAMISHLI, Syria — Residents in northeastern Syria danced in the streets to celebrate a breakthrough pact between local Kurdish-led authorities and the new central government, while thousands of people ...