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

Nearly 2,000-3,000 Sunni people were displaced from Parachinar and nearby villages. Only a few of them have returned over the ...

In a district of Baniyas, executions perpetrated against Alawites by Sunni factions caused around 100 deaths. A man in his sixties hid several Alawite families in his apartment in a Sunni neighborhood ...

many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni populations who suffered under Assad's rule. Revenge attacks have already killed over 1,000 people, including hundreds of ...

Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days ... overthrown in an offensive by opposition fighters led by the Sunni-Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS. Here's what we know ...

The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has drawn rebukes from Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq. By Ismaeel Naar ...

Edited by Liam Stack Sunni rebels swarm a Shia mosque near the ... "rafeeda," for "the people of Shiism." Written in graffiti across the mosque wall is a sad plea for calm: "No and a thousand ...

Knowing that there is only one God, Sunni Muslims believe that people should live following his rules. The holy books help with this as they give guidance on how Muslims can live their lives on ...