Reuters spoke with over 200 families of victims during visits to massacre sites and by phone, 40 security officials, fighters and commanders, and government-appointed investigators and mediators.

Syria’s defense minister has announced a ceasefire after government forces entered a key city in Sweida province on Tuesday.

The head of a U.N. investigative commission on Friday called commitments made by the new authorities in Syria to protect the rights of minorities “encouraging” but said attacks have continued on ...

Militias target Alawites . Rights groups reported widespread revenge killings as militants from Syria’s Sunni majority targeted Alawites, regardless of whether they were involved in the insurgency.

Alawites took many of the top positions in government and the military and ran big businesses. They now accuse supporters of Sharaa, who once ran an al Qaeda affiliate, of systematically abusing ...

Syrian Culture Minister Mohammed Yassin Saleh has ignited condemnation after appearing to call Alawites either criminals or ...

Syria's Alawites still face targeted attacks a month after brutal counteroffensive. Reinforcement Syrian security forces deploy in the outskirts of Latakia, Syria, Friday, March 7, 2025.

BEIRUT (AP) — A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller ...

Syria's Alawites still face targeted attacks a month after brutal counteroffensive. A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious ...

A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller ...

Militias target Alawites. Rights groups reported widespread revenge killings as militants from Syria's Sunni majority targeted Alawites, regardless of whether they were involved in the insurgency.