The Alawite minority, a branch of Shia Islam followed by the Assad family, makes up about 10 percent ... 07 March 2025. EFE-EPA/BILAL AL HAMMOUD The community is concentrated in the coastal ...

Bilal Al Hammoud/EPA ... The family is Alawite, a religious minority to which the ousted Assad family belong. Under the Assad government, Alawites dominated the ruling class and upper ranks ...

BILAL: (Speaking Arabic). ARRAF: The residents of Miryamin are mostly Alawite, an offshoot of Shia Islam, and the same sect as toppled President Bashar al-Assad ... The family blames the new ...

At least 70 people killed in multiple clashes spreading across the coast of the Arab country, which the Damascus government attributes to former followers of the ousted dictator Bashar Assad.

The Abu Teirs thought the Israel-Hamas cease-fire might mean they could start to rebuild their lives. But a new round of ...

Eid al-Fitr in Syria was charged with newfound joy this year, as thousands freely celebrated the holiday for the first time ...

Thousands of Syrians have poured into the streets and public squares to mark 14 years since the country’s civil war began, the first without Bashar Assad in power.

Syria’s new transitional government has been sworn in nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as the new authorities in Damascus work to bring back stability to the war-to ...

Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as the new authorities in Damascus work to bring back stability to ...