4 dead, dozens injured in Syria during clashes between Alawites and counterdemonstrators

LATAKIA, Syria -- Clashes broke out on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and ...
Al Arabiya English

Syria govt opens investigation into mass grave created under Bashar al-Assad’s rule

Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad ‍and has ...
Al Jazeera

Syrian gov’t troops deployed to Latakia, Tartous after deadly clashes

The deployment comes after deadly unrest amid protests by the Alawite minority in the coastal cities. Syrian government ...

Syria Secures Assad-Era Mass Grave Revealed by Reuters and Opens Criminal Investigation

Dec 29 - Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad ...

'There are many challenges': Syrians in Turkey consider return after fall of Assad

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - who backed the uprising against Assad - has insisted that no Syrian will be driven ...
The Week

Sectarian clashes in Syria expose unresolved grievances, competing visions for decentralisation

The clashes underscore the fragility of Syria’s transition after the end of the civil war. Assad, himself an Alawite, was ...

Families, Neighbors Informed on Each Other in Assad’s Syria, With Deadly Consequences

Intelligence files found in a Damascus prison complex reveal cases that led to brutal detentions; a wife records a husband.

Four killed in clashes in Syria after deadly Alawite mosque bombing

At least four people have been killed in clashes on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and ...

Clashes, Mosque Bombing Kill a Dozen in Syria: What to Know

At least three people were killed and dozens were injured in clashes Sunday between Alawites and protesters in western Syria, ...

Syrian Protests Over Lack of Security Leave 2 Dead

Days after a bombing at a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area, members of the religious minority in Syria demonstrated for ...

Three killed as Alawite protest in Syria’s Latakia turns violent

Three people were killed and more than 40 were wounded after gunfire erupted during an Alawite protest in Syria’s Latakia province, as demonstrators called for federalism and prisoner releases.