Since al-Assad’s overthrow, Syria has seen several instances of sectarian violence. In March, violence broke out in coastal cities, including Latakia, Banias, Tartous and Jableh, and government-allied ...

According to Syrian media reports, shots were fired towards internal security forces in the area. The number of casualties ...

Masri LATAKIA, Syria Dec 28 - Three people were killed on Sunday when protests in Syria's Alawite heartland of Latakia ...

Days after a bombing at a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area, members of the religious minority in Syria demonstrated for ...

Three people were killed and dozens injured in protests in the city of Homs on December 28, two days after a mosque bombing ...

The leader of Syria’s Alawite community on Saturday called on the members of the sect to stage mass demonstrations on Sunday ...

Thousands in coastal provinces and central Syria participated in demonstrations called by a religious authority to protest ...

Syrian authorities did not confirm opening fire, but said they had “contained the situation”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Syrian authorities said they had tried to separate two groups of protesters. Demonstrations took place in several cities in ...

DAMASCUS, Syria(AP) — Thousands of members of Syria’s Alawite minority sect demonstrated in the country’s central and coastal regions Tuesday against what they say are acts of discrimination by the ...