Over the weekend, many watched in horror as reports poured out of Syria detailing the slaughter of Christians and other ...

Syria's president is calling for unity after hundreds of members of a religious minority were killed in the country's coastal region. It's being called a massacre - revenge attacks after an ambush of ...

Interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa appealed for civil peace on Sunday, following the deaths of hundreds in deadly clashes. Le ...

His family attended a mosque practicing Sunni Islam, although they belonged to the Shia sect ... to see if the mosque has found a volunteer to open the building for midday prayers. As a grad student ...

Hundreds of people have reportedly fled their homes in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus - strongholds of Assad support. Local residents have described scenes of looting and mass killings, ...

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Syria is looking at a deepening sectarian crisis as the HTS-led regime clashed with loyalists of overthrown President Bashar ...

Minutes later, the gunmen, who were Sunni Muslim, broke into his building and killed the Alawites still there, Haydar said. Down the street, gunmen took Haydar’s two older brothers and a nephew ...

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Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred ... It’s the place where Muslims gather for Friday prayers and other special occasions. My Life, My Religion: Islam.