ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syria is witnessing a surge in “sectarian-motivated” crimes, a prominent watchdog reported on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Alawite Syrians, who fled the violence in western Syria, walk in the water of Nahr El Kabir River, in Akkar DAMASCUS ...

(Reuters) -More than 1,000 people have been killed in two days of clashes between gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new Islamist rulers and fighters from Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect in ...

LATAKIA, Syria – Three people were killed on Sunday when protests in Syria’s Alawite heartland of Latakia spiralled into gunfire and other violence, according to the province’s media office. Syria has ...

AL-SOMARIA, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian security forces stormed the rundown Damascus suburb in late August, toting guns, swords and eviction orders. In their wake, they left the district's homes ...

Alawite insurgents are trying to foment sectarian conflict to undermine and destabilize the interim Syrian government. Sectarian violence and disinformation have intensified in Syria in recent weeks, ...

Video shows bodies, some bloodied, lying on the ground Two Alawite sources, war monitor say men killed by gunmen No immediate comment by government spokesperson "Individual violations" reported, SANA ...

LATAKIA, Syria — Clashes broke out on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counter-demonstrators on Sunday, two days after a bombing at an Alawite mosque in the ...

Syria's new government is struggling to impose order in a country where some are settling scores. Sunni Arab fighters have killed members of the same religious sect as the deposed president. Now to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Syrian army personnel travel in a military vehicle as they head towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters ...