Alawis

The Alawis, also known as Nusayris, are an Arab ethnoreligious group that live primarily in the Levant and follow Alawism, a religious sect that splintered from early Shia Islam as a ghulat branch during the ninth century.

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Sharaa to meet Alawi leaders amid Syria coastal tensions

Al-Sharaa prepares for crisis talks on Syria’s coast as Alawite leaders reject government-led delegations and tensions rise after deadly unrest.

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12 December, 2025
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Thousands of Alawites have fled to Lebanon from Syria's coastal regions
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21,000 Syrian Alawites 'flee to Lebanon' from coastal regions

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18 April, 2025
The Syrian president has promised that the investigation will lead to justice against the perpetrators of the sectarian killings
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Syria presidential decree extends probe into sectarian massacres

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11 April, 2025
The Syrian army dispatch reinforcement units consisting of hundreds of vehicles to Latakia on March 08, 2025 in Jabla, Syria. (Photo by Abdulkerim Muhammed/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Syrian government says studying Amnesty report on massacres

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05 April, 2025
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Syria responds to damning Amnesty report on coastal massacre

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03 April, 2025
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No hope for justice if sectarianism is new Syrian state doctrine

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Syria: Banias killings revive spectre of coastal massacres

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02 April, 2025
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Syria monitor says 12 civilians killed in sectarian violence

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31 March, 2025
People holding a large sign in a protest by the Syrian community against the killing of the Alawite in Syria
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Sectarian violence terrorizes Alawites in Syria capital: report

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27 March, 2025
Security forces from the interim government stand guard at a checkpoint previously held by supporters of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, in the town of Hmeimim, in the coastal province of Latakia, on March 11, 2025. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty)
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Thousands still missing after Syria coastal violence: SOHR

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23 March, 2025
A damaged car lies in the street in the town of Jableh in Syria's coastal province of Latakia
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Syria probes coastal killings amid fears of 'cycle of violence'

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13 March, 2025
As Syrian rights monitor, I urge independent coast investigation
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As Syrian rights monitor, I urge independent coast investigation

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12 March, 2025
Syria is witnessing the worst violence since Assad was deposed
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Syria arrests Abaq director after sectarian Iftar meal scandal

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11 March, 2025
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Syrian Christian leaders deny claims of mass killings

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10 March, 2025
Civil society organizations and activists gather in Damascus' Marjeh Square to hold a "silent protest" over violence and deaths in Syria's coastal areas on March 09, 2025. (Photo by Izettin Kasim /Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Sharaa calls Syrian Alawite activist whose brothers were killed

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10 March, 2025
Citizenship or sectarian splintering in Syria?
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Despite coastal massacres, there is still hope for the new Syria

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Syria’s Alawis: A legacy of exploitation under the Assad dynasty

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25 February, 2025
Security forces of Syria's Interim Government are seen as they seize an armory of the ousted Assad regime in Homs, Syria on January 22, 2025. (Photo by Hisam Hac Omer/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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15 killed in 'sectarian' massacre in Alawi village in Syria

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01 February, 2025
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Syria: How the Assad regime exploited impoverished Alawites

08 January, 2025
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Syria forces launch security sweep in Homs city

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02 January, 2025