Syria, Alawite and Assad
The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group that was powerful and influential during the dictator's rule. The Alawites ...
Iranian Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araqchi, expressed concerns over reported arbitrary actions by armed groups against ordinary civilians in areas populated by Shia and Alawite communities. In a ...
The hillside village lies near the city of Tartus, in the heartland of Syria’s Alawites, an offshoot of Shia Islam from which the Assads hail. Pictures of Bashar al-Assad, the ousted dictator ...
In Syria's third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community say they are terrified as new authorities comb their districts for "remnants of the regime", arresting ...
KHIRBET AL-HAMMAM, Syria — Violence came roaring into this village in western Syria last week, when war was supposed to have receded. Munitions fired by former rebels tore through homes, killed ...
Since Assad's ouster, violence against Alawites, long associated with his clan, has soared, with the monitor recording at least 148 killings. "Thousands of mourners gathered at the funeral of ...
About 10 percent of Syrians belong to the sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, and Alawites dominated the ruling class and upper ranks of the military under the Assad dynasty. As the country emerges ...
Syria's Alawites are living in fear following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime, according to the Washington Post this week. During his rule, Assad recruited many Alawites as military ...
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