The choice of cabinet officials was seen as a litmus test for whether the rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad would deliver on ...

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

Syria's new government, dominated by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's inner circle, faces the daunting challenge of ...

They make up around 10% of Syria's population ... Pic: Reuters The man, who Sky News is not naming for his safety, described women being forced to "walk naked" before being shot and a teenage ...

Rami Abdulrahman, the head of SOHR, said the civilians included Alawite women and children ... al Assad belonged to the sect. They make up around 10% of Syria's population, which is majority ...

Alawites, an ethnoreligious sect of Islam, make up about 10 percent of Syria’s population ... and are tolerant toward alcohol. Alawite women generally do not observe veiling.

Most members are Sunni Muslim, reflecting the demographic make-up of Syria ... executions of two women accused of prostitution. The leader of the White Helmets, the Syrian rescuers who worked ...

Fighters siding with Syria's new government stormed several ... that are home to Mr. Assad’s minority Alawite sect and make up his longtime base of support. A curfew remained in effect in ...