Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

- The Christians are split into a number of denominations - some of them tiny communities with ancient roots in pre-Islamic ...

Lebanon could be on the brink of a “massive” new refugee crisis if massacres of the Alawite minority in Syria continue, ...

Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...

Sharaa, promises inclusivity in a nation with a complex sectarian and religious landscape. His leadership faces challenges ...

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

Alawites are an Arab ethnic and religious group, with distinct cultures, languages and religious beliefs. They live mainly in ...

Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

Thousands of Alawites sought refuge in Russia's Hmeimim military air base in western Syria on Tuesday, a war monitor said, ...

A Syrian war monitor says the death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists to ousted Syrian ...

While Alawites are generally considered an offshoot of Shia Islam, their beliefs and practices are far more complex ...