- The Christians are split into a number of denominations - some of them tiny communities with ancient roots in pre-Islamic ...

Lebanon could be on the brink of a “massive” new refugee crisis if massacres of the Alawite minority in Syria continue, ...

Following the recent attacks carried out against civilians in the Alawite-majority region in Syria’s coastal region, many ...

Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...

The question asked by many Syrians from Alawite, Shiite, Druse, Christian and other minority communities has become: “Can [I] ...

Israel is rethinking its Syria strategy following the country's Islamist takeover in December, rising attacks on minorities ...

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

Sharaa blamed pro-Assad groups backed by foreigners for triggering the bloodshed but acknowledged that revenge killings had ...

Intellectuals from Turkey have submitted an application to the International Criminal Court in The Hague regarding the ...

The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the ...

Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.