Some of the worst violence in years drives members of a minority sect linked to fallen Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to flee ...

All told, despite sectarian divisions, Syrians are surprisingly upbeat. Except for Alawites, three-quarters of whom want ...

Most members are Sunni Muslim, reflecting the demographic make-up of Syria ... linking him to the summary executions of two ...

Syrian government forces are deployed amid heightened ... villages that are home to Assad’s minority Alawite sect and make up his longtime base of support. A curfew remained in effect in Latakia ...

At least 12 civilians, mostly Alawites, were killed in separate incidents of apparent sectarian violence in Syria's coastal ...

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People are so mad about so many things -- from crashing the stock market to cutting Social Security -- that it’s hard for ...

The vast majority of migrants entering the country illegally last year made the journey by boat across the English Channel ...

FOLLOWING years of brutal conflict, a tentative agreement to bring unity and peace to Syria should offer hope of a fresh start. But women in the north east of the country fear it could mean more ...