Gov’t committee in Syria says it identified 298 suspects in mass killings in Alawite region. More than 1,400 people, mostly ...

A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...

A fact-finding committee presented findings on a wave of sectarian killings earlier this year. Human rights experts said the ...

A Syrian government investigation says more than 1,400 people died in sectarian violence along the coast earlier this year.

By Ben Hubbard Ben Hubbard, The Times’s Istanbul bureau chief, spent more than two weeks traveling through Syria for an article published last month. July 23, 2025, 3:00 a.m. ET Times Insider explains ...

A Syrian government investigation says sectarian violence along the coast earlier this year has left over 1,400 people dead, ...

The violence was the first major incident to emerge after the ouster of longtime President Bashar Assad in December.

The US, meanwhile, said that Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, will be travelling to a European country for talks on a truce, as ...

Sectarian clashes in southern Syria have created a fragile cease-fire and a potential opening for Tehran. With old proxy ...

A blood-soaked week illustrates the perils and challenges faced by the young government.

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