A sectarian-fueled killing spree exposed how fragile peace is in Syria, where the government’s control is limited and tension runs deep after nearly 14 years of civil war.

It has been a month since a brutal mass killing shocked Syria. Hundreds of civilians belonging to Syrian minority groups lost ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met on Thursday in Qatar with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the first ...

Despite their small number, the Bektashis are set to form the world’s newest country — a first-of-its-kind Islamic microstate ...

The White House has issued a clarification on the explosive 245% tariff targeting Chinese imports. The new addendum reveals a ...

A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are ...

Who are the Alawites, and when did they emerge? The Alawites began to take shape around the 10th century within the broader Shia world. Following the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 ...

The Alawite Muslim group was seen as privileged during the rule of former leader Bashar Assad but has suffered repeated ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

A woman reacts as people gather for a mass demonstration in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on March 11, protesting a recent wave of sectarian violence targeting Syria's Alawite minority in ...

The deposed president, Bashar Assad, is an Alawite and many Syrians blame the Alawites for empowering his brutal rule. A villager recalls watching a woman beg gunmen to spare the life of her 15 ...

The massacres of Alawites were thus not only political acts—they were profoundly religious ones. The current Syrian authority projects itself through two parallel narratives. The first is a ...