How the rebels treat the sizeable Alawite population, will be some kind of litmus test of whether the takeover of Damascus ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa is hoping to convince the world that he's left his jihadist past behind, but FM Gideon Sa'ar and other senior ...

Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...

When Green foreign minister Annalena Baerbock presented her “Guidelines for a Feminist Foreign Policy” in March 2023, we ...

Syria’s minority Alawite community is gripped by terror as reports spread of killings and disappearances under the country’s new Islamist rulers.

The Druze reject Islamic rule and prefer a decentralized government in Syria, a commander from the minority group said on Sunday. "Religious and Islamic rule has only led the country and its people to ...

The violence in Tartous province marks the deadliest challenge yet to the Islamist-led authorities which swept Bashar ...

After the jihadist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham took power in Syria, several attacks on the country’s Alawite and Christian ...

Although members of the Christian community said they are happy to see the Assad regime go, many are wary of their new ...

In the absence of decisive action from international actors, Syria is poised to descend further into crisis, as Afghanistan ...

The Alawites feared retribution, and for good reason. The Alawites used terror to maintain power for decades. Most Syrians have good reason to hate the Alawites, as well as all those who have ...

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Recent days have seen sectarian tensions in Syria between the majority Sunni community and Alawites, the non-Muslim sect that ruled Syria for the past 54 years. But who are ...