A marketing exhibition featuring products made by working women opened Wednesday at the National Museum in Latakia, ...

A woman from Syria's Alawite minority has spoken about her harrowing experience of being kidnapped and raped by gunmen.

T he meandering roads through Latakia, Syria’s Alawite heartland, feel deceptively calm. In March they were the scene of ...

Despite Russia's previous support for Assad, Russian influence in Syria not only endures thanks to energy ties but has ...

Early Monday morning in Aleppo, soldiers lined the streets near the old city walls, standing in loose formation beside ...

The demonstrations followed unrest over the weekend in Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, which set off reprisal attacks on Alawites, a community once favored by the ousted Assad regime.

The Foundation for the Development of Western Syria today sounded the alarm over a series of violent attacks carried out over the last seventy-two hours in the city of Homs, where armed bands ...

Internal Security Forces in Lattakia Province have arrested two individuals on charges of committing severe violations against civilians, the Interior Ministry announced on its Telegram channel Sunday ...

Alawites gather during a protest to demand federalism and the release of detained members of their community, in Latakia, Syria November 25, 2025. REUTERS/Haidar Mustafa Alawites gather during a ...

LATAKIA, Syria, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Syrian security forces used gunfire on Tuesday to break up two rival groups of demonstrators in the coastal town of Latakia, heartland of the country's Alawite ...

The protests are the biggest in the Alawite region since the fall last December of longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, who hails from the community, following an Islamist-led offensive. Since then, ...