Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People from the Alawite sect protest as they demand federalism and an end to what they say is the killing and violations against ...

Syrian security forces have battled for a second day to crush a nascent insurgency by fighters from Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, with scores reported killed as the Islamist-led government faced the ...

"My only son, just 25 years old," says Dalaal Mahna, with tears filling her eyes. "They took him right from my side and told me: 'We're going to kill him and break your heart with it.' " That was the ...

At least four people have been killed in clashes on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counter-demonstrators. The violence came two days after a bombing at an ...

Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed 16 people in attacks in the city of Homs yesterday, residents… Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad ...

DAMASCUS: Eight people were killed in an explosion at a mosque of the Alawite minority sect in the Syrian city of Homs on Friday (Dec 26), Syrian state news agency SANA said. An ultra-conservative ...