Alawite

Syria’s missing women: What really happened to Batoul Alloush? - exclusive

Syrian authorities have maintained that the woman voluntarily left her family home and converted of her own free will. Her family, however, contends that she was abducted and is being held by force.

BATOUL SULEIMAN Alloush.
A syrian refugee takes part in a demonstration in Athens calling for women rights on March 8, 2017.

Majority of women abducted in Syria sectarian violence remain missing, report finds

People from the Alawite sect protest as they demand federalism and an end to what they say is the killing and violations against Alawites, in Latakia, Syria, December 28, 2025

Syria's Alawites should embrace 'Zionism,' Israel amid Bundism's failure - opinion

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends the Ministry of Awqaf conference titled "Unity of Islamic Discourse" at the Conference Palace in Damascus, Syria, February 16, 2026.

UN probe: Syrian minorities face kidnappings, rape, and arbitrary detention


Syria’s Christians fear for future after deadly sectarian violence

Recent sectarian violence in Syria’s coastal region deepened fears among the shrinking Christian minority about their future and prompting church leaders to urge national reconciliation.

Smoke rises while members of the Syrian forces ride on a vehicle as they battle against a nascent insurgency by fighters from ousted leader Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, in Latakia, Syria, on March 7, 2025.

Syrians trickle home from sanctuary at Russian air base

Some Syrians trickle home from a Russian air base after sectarian killings, but many still fear for their safety.

 Syrian Alawite woman Rana Bousheh, 34, leaves the Hmeimim air base with her family, to return to her village, in Latakia, Syria March 13, 2025.

Silence speaks volumes: Media coverage of Syrian Alawite killings must be criticized - editorial

This is exactly the kind of violence that should have international media splashing over, but it didn’t get the attention it deserves.

A man assists a those who fled the violence in western Syria, at the Nahr El Kabir River. March 11, 2025.

Alawite Syrians to 'Post': We need Israel's help from jihadist atrocities - exclusive

“Al-Sharaa’s forces are carrying out ethnic cleansing against the ‘infidels,’” a Syrian Alawite told the Jerusalem Post

 A man receives a blanketed child from another crossing the Nahr al-Kabir river, forming the border between Syria's western Latakia province and northern Lebanon in the Hekr al-Daher area on March 11, 2025, as families from Syria's Alawite minority enter Lebanon to flee from sectarian violence