Who are Syria's Alawites, how are they different form other Muslims? Why are they being targeted?
Alawites are an Arab ethnic and religious group, with distinct cultures, languages and religious beliefs. They live mainly in ...
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 ...
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An independent Syrian group accuses foreign jihadists of massacres of Alawites
Local television reports that the country's president has ordered the creation of an independent commission to investigate ...
Who are Syria's Alawites? The sect facing violence after Assad's fall
Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...
Who are Alawites and why they are being butchered in this Muslim country? Experts say revenge…, Sunni population…
Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...
Who Are The Alawites, Why They Are Being Hunted Down And Killed In Syria
Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni populations who ...
NDTV Exclusive: Hunted Down, Massacred, Syria's Alawites Ask India For Help
Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires ...
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Lebanon fears sectarian violence as 10,000 Syrian Alawites flee across border
Ten thousand members of the Alawite minority escaping sectarian violence in Syria have crossed into Lebanon over the past ...
Syria descends into violence: Who are the Alawites who are being killed in hundreds?
At least 1,300 have been killed in Syria as security forces clash with loyalists of ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The violence is concentrated in Tartus and Latakia, home to Alawites. The Assads ...
Syrian security forces accused of killing dozens of Alawites
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 162 civilians were "executed" in a coastal region linked to ousted ...
Who are Alawites, and why are they being targeted in Syria?
An ambush on a Syrian security patrol near Latakia by pro-Assad gunmen has ignited days of clashes, leading to over 1,000 ...
In Syria, deadly attacks on Assad’s Alawites are blow to new leaders
The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and ...