Is the pro-Assad insurgency a threat to the new Syria?
"Relative calm followed Assad's ousting, but violence has spiralled recently as forces linked to the new Islamist rulers ...
More than 1,000 dead in Syria after Islamist terrorists who toppled Assad clash with Alawite loyalists
More than 600 people, including women and children, have been killed in Syria as its new Islamist rulers clash with loyalists ...
Scores killed as Syrian forces seek to crush Alawite insurgency
By Khalil Ashawi, Timour Azhari and Tom Perry DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian security forces battled for a second day on Friday ...
Over 1,200 dead as ‘mass killing’ of Alawites continues despite Syrian leader’s call for peace
Over 1,200 dead as ‘mass killing’ of Alawites continues despite Syrian leader’s call for peace - Sharaa's government urged to ...
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Civilian death toll mounts in Syria's Alawite heartland despite end of government offensive
Pro-government forces have executed at least 17 Alawite civilians in coastal Syria since authorities on Monday announced the ...
Christian Daily International on MSN23h
Syria update: Christians among over 1,000 massacred amid worst atrocities since Assad's ousting
Christians and other religious minorities in Syria are sounding the alarm as more than 1,000 people have been killed since ...
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Thousands of Syria Alawites seek refuge in Russian air base: Monitor
Thousands of Alawites sought refuge in Russia's Hmeimim military air base in western Syria on Tuesday, a war monitor said, ...
This Word Means: Alawite
The sect has its roots in Shia Islam. The word Alawite means “follower of Ali,” the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet ...