Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

A Syrian military operation against remnants of the former Assad regime has now ended, having sparked some of the worst ...

A religious minority in Syria, the Alawite sect makes up 12% of the country's population, whose majority belongs to the Sunni ...

At least 1,300 have been killed in Syria as security forces clash with loyalists of ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The violence is concentrated in Tartus and Latakia, home to Alawites. The Assads ...

Since Thursday, more than 1,000 people—including Christian minorities and Alawites, the sect to which Assad belongs—have been killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and ...

Ramadan is a sacred time for Muslims around the world. Here's how non-Muslims can learn more and share the celebration.

While Alawites are generally considered an offshoot of Shia Islam, their beliefs and practices are far more complex ...

Sunni and Shia Muslims, the two main sects of Islam, observe Ramadan. In some countries, work hours are adjusted or reduced during Ramadan. Since the Islamic lunar calendar is shorter than the 365 ...

Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...