Exclusive: Syria's Latakia province reels after massacre of Alawites

Genocide in Syria - CovertAction Magazine

Alawites to the grave; Christians to Beirut. — War slogan of anti-Assad militants As this article was written, Syria experienced the worst days of violence since Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)—formerly the al-Nusra Front of al-Qaeda—took power from President Bashar al-Assad. Friday, March 7, 2025, is the date it may be said a genocide began in […] The post Genocide in Syria first appeared on CovertAction Magazine.

REPORT - Victims of massacres committed by the Sunni armed groups in power at home, thousands of people take refuge in the neighbouring country.

'Do not leave any alive': Sunnis vs. Alawites in Syria

No one knows how many unarmed Alawites were killed in Syria between March 6 and 10, but University of Oklahoma Middle East studies professor Joshua Landis estimates more than 3000. Analysis.

Attacks on Alawites in Syria highlights deep divisions

Standing beside the bodies of two men lying on the ground, blood pooling around one of them, in the Syrian village of Qabo Al-Awamiya in the Latakia countryside, a woman shouts in despair: “God won’t forgive you.” “Are those your sons? God won’t forgive you,” one of the men she’s speaking to, who is out of frame and appears to be holding the camera, responds. “You started it,” he says, as he issues a chilling threat: “I swear, we’re going to cru…

Syria’s Alawite minority finds refuge in Lebanon

Nearly 16,000 Syrians have arrived since early March, adding to the 1.5 million who sought refuge in Lebanon during the 14-year civil war.

From Lebanon refuge, trauma scars Syria's minority Alawites

When he arrived in the town of Masaoudiyeh in northern Lebanon earlier this month, fleeing massacres on Syria's Mediterranean coast, Dhulfiqar Ali had escaped death not once but twice.He is among thousands of Syrians who have fled across the border after armed groups descended on the Syrian coastal heartland of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority and killed hundreds of civilians, mostly Alawites."They didn't even speak Arabic... …