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

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

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

What has driven the violence, how has interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa reacted, and what have world power said?

Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires ...

They are thrilled at the death of the Alawites, the same tribe from which came the Assad family. Western governments ostensibly should have demanded fair trials for any Alawite who was involved in the ...

Greece has been deeply alarmed over the renewed violence that broke out in Syria last week, in which over 1,000 people are ...

According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad’s prophetic status was well-established among his followers before his death. However ...

The foundation of religious life for Sunni Muslims, who comprise around eighty-five percent of Muslims worldwide, is known as ...

Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...

Those Muslims who put their faith in Abu Bakr came to be called Sunni, and those who believed in Ali came to be known as Shiite. Like other Shiite sects, Ismailis believe that Ali should have been ...