The challenge facing Syria's Alawites
The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group that was powerful and influential during the dictator's rule. The Alawites ...
The Economist16d
Alawites formed Syria’s elite. Now they are terrified
THE TREES of Khirbet al-Mezzeh are loaded with over-ripe lemons. The hillside village lies near the city of Tartus, in the heartland of Syria’s Alawites, an offshoot of Shia Islam from which the ...
AFP on MSN13d
Fear grips Alawites in Syria's Homs as Assad 'remnants' targeted
In Syria's third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community say they are terrified as new ...
The Washington Post23d
Alawites live in fear as Syrian rebels hunt members of Assad’s regime
KHIRBET AL-HAMMAM, Syria — Violence came roaring into this village in western Syria last week, when war was supposed to have receded. Munitions fired by former rebels tore through homes, killed ...
The New York Times28d
Syria’s Alawite Minority, Favored by the Assads, Looks Nervously to the Future
Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ouster of Syria’s dictator. By Raja Abdulrahim Photographs by Ivor ...