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.

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'

Syria has set up a new committee to investigate the sectarian killings on the coast which killed over 800 people, including unarmed civilians

Oliver Mizzi
13 March, 2025
As Syrian rights monitor, I urge independent coast investigation
Post-Assad Syria
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As Syrian rights monitor, I urge independent coast investigation

Fadel Abdulghany

Fadel Abdulghany

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

The New Arab Staff
11 March, 2025
This aerial photo shows the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Syrian port city of Latakia
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Syrian Christian leaders deny claims of mass killings

The New Arab Staff
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

The New Arab Staff
10 March, 2025
Citizenship or sectarian splintering in Syria?
Post-Assad Syria
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Despite coastal massacres, there is still hope for the new Syria

Robin Yassin-Kassab

Robin Yassin-Kassab

10 March, 2025
Woman standing in a wide empty street with building blocks in background
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Syria’s Alawis: A legacy of exploitation under the Assad dynasty

The New Arab Staff

Shahira Salloum

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

The New Arab Staff
01 February, 2025
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Syria: How the Assad regime exploited impoverished Alawites

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

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 January, 2025
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Syria: Clashes in Homs amid attempts to contain sectarian strife

The New Arab Staff
27 December, 2024
Anti-regime fighters patrol in the vicinity of the airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 2, 2024. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Assad raises army salaries as rebels call on Alawis to defect

The New Arab Staff
05 December, 2024