A UN commission investigating sectarian bloodshed in Syria's Alawite heartland documented systematic violence at the hands of ...

The more pressing problem for Damascus will be that the elections will not help heal the country’s deep wounds at a time of ...

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

A UN commission found war crimes were "likely" committed by former regime fighters and interim government force members in ...

Syria's interim government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa was likely guilty of war crimes during sectarian violence that culminated ...

An inquiry found that members of the new government’s forces took part in killing Syrian civilians during sectarian fighting ...

Syria will soon announce the members of the National Commission for Transitional Justice, official sources have told Al ...

More than 400 Kurdish and minority representatives met for a unity conference in Hasaka, northeast Syria (Rojava) on Friday ...

War crimes were likely committed by interim government forces as well as by fighters loyal to Syria's former rulers during ...

The Alawites emerged as a distinct religious community in the 10th century in the region of the Latakia coastal mountains, which today make up northwestern Syria.

Representatives from Syria's ethnic and religious groups have called for a decentralized state and a new constitution ensuring pluralism.