Syrian-Palestinian philosopher Ahmad Barqawi emphasizes that the most deeply rooted negative values in the Syrian moral ...

Alawite insurgents are trying to foment sectarian conflict to undermine and destabilize the interim Syrian government.

Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported killed in violence that has swept the coastal region since Thursday.

That, Alawites say now, shouldn’t mean collective blame for his actions ... “They would harass us,” said Ahmed Saad Aldeen, who came to the Umayyad Mosque from the city of Homs. “You go out … and you ...

"We as Alawites are innocent ... "God willing, we will be able to live together in this country," he said at a mosque in Damascus. But in villages and towns on the coast, people spoke of ...

Alawites revenge: The future of the Alawite community in Syria has remained uncertain since the removal of Bashar al-Assad from power. Once powerful under the previous regime, the Alawites now ...

The violence is in the heartland of the Alawite minority to which Assad belongs and has escalated into reported mass killings. Earlier Sunday, Syria’s interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa had appealed for ...

One imam at a mosque in Damascus denounced the alleged attack on security forces by Assad’s Alawite loyalists and called for Sunnis to take up arms against their sectarian enemies in a sermon ...

Alawites believe in reincarnation, do not commonly use mosques for worship, and are tolerant toward alcohol. Alawite women generally do not observe veiling. Despite these differences, the sect has ...

Speaking at a mosque in Damascus, he expressed hopes for reconciliation, stating, “God willing, we will be able to live together in this country.” Despite these assurances, Syria’s Alawite ...

they knew only: 'Alawites, pigs, kill them'," Ali said of the gunmen ... "They attacked us in Al-Qabu," she said from where she now lives alongside scores of others at a mosque in Masaoudiyeh. "People ...