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Did Alawite pressure lead to Assad’s chemical attack on Syria’s Douma?
Many theories have been brought forth by international observers in the aftermath of a suspected chemical attack on Syria’s Douma, including one ... Features -
Blast kills bodyguard in charge of protecting wife of the Syrian president
The anti-regime Free Alawites Movement claimed the car bombing attack that targeted Alaa Makhlouf Middle East -
Al-Qaeda kills 19 civilians from Assad’s Alawite sect
State news agency SANA condemned the ‘massacre’ of villagers in Hama Middle East -
The Alawite Declaration: Assad's firewall showing cracks
The declaration from the Alawite leaders is a watershed moment Middle East -
Syria’s Alawites bear brunt of Assad after soaring death toll
As many Alawite families see members of their sect who fought in Assad’s army return home in coffins, the loyalty of some has wavered Features -
Freedom vs. security: Syrians continue to be divided over priorities
As the Syrian crisis marks its fifth anniversary, the divide between Syrians prioritizing their security over those valuing their freedom continues Features -
Alawites’ anti-Assad movement has been brewing for years, says head
The group is considered the first grassroots movement of Alawites heralding further involvement in opposition politics against Assad’s regime Features -
Seven killed in north Lebanon suicide attack
Syria's Al-Qaeda wing, the Nusra Front, claims responsibility for the deadly attack Middle East -
Syria’s Alawites pay heavy price as they bury sons
Twin bombings killed 25 children in Homs, hundreds of Assad supporters held a rare protest, accusing the Homs governor of not doing enough Features -
For first time, Syria’s Alawites protest against the regime
Alawites in Homs protest the deadly bombing of a school, in which 31 people, mostly children, were killed Middle East -
FSA chief urges Alawites to abandon Assad’s ‘sinking ship’
Brigadier General Abdel Ilah al-Bashir says the FSA is only alternative to the Syrian regime Middle East -
NGO: ISIS kills 102-year-old man, family in Syria
Rooted in al-Qaeda in Iraq, ISIS is the most extremist group fighting in Syria’s war Middle East -
In Assad’s coastal heartland, Syria’s war creeps closer
Nervous Latakia city residents say heavy artillery fire could easily strike them from that vantage point Perspective -
Blasts in central Syria city of Homs kill 25
The blasts hit a commercial street inhabited mostly by members of President Bashar Assad's minority Alawite sect Middle East -
Alawite leader in Lebanon charged with ‘terror ties’
Rifaat Eid, the political leader of the Arab Democratic Party, was accused along with 11 others of belonging to a terrorist group Middle East -
Lebanon deploys troops to Tripoli amid unrest
Ministers approved the military operation last week to the city where 30 people were killed during fighting in March Middle East -
Syria army retakes key post in Assad’s home province
Syria’s state broadcaster said the country’s troops have recaptured Observatory 45, a strategic hilltop in the coastal Latakia province Middle East -
Lebanese army officer killed in Tripoli
Lebanon’s National News Agency said masked men on a motorcycle had opened fire on the officer, Fadi al-Jbaili Middle East -
Lebanon urges Arab states to support its army
Lebanese foreign minister Gebran Basil says Syrian fallout is ‘threating the existence’ of his country Middle East -
Renewed Syria-linked clashes kill 5 in Lebanon’s Tripoli
A source says one person is killed in Bab el-Tebbaneh and a second in Jabal Mohsen overnight Middle East -
Islamist rebels in Syria claim kidnapping of 94 civilians
Thousands of people are thought to be imprisoned by both sides in the increasingly sectarian civil war Middle East -
Lebanese army given ultimatum to hand in killers
Senior official Abdelraham Diab of the Arab Democratic Party, supportive of the Syrian regime, was killed Middle East -
Islamist fighters seize village in Syria’s Hama
The offensive was aimed at trying to cut off supply routes from Damascus to the north of the country Middle East -
Sniper fire kills one in Lebanon city split over Syria
The victim had been passing through the Sunni populated area when the bullet struck his head Middle East -
Watchdog appeals to Lebanon over Syrian spillover
Human Rights Watch urges Lebanon to better protect minority Alawites Middle East -
Lebanon: army moves to secure Tripoli
Caretaker Prime Minister Mikati has given the army full responsibility to secure Tripoli for six months Middle East -
Lebanon: sectarian clashes kill three
Clashes regularly erupt between Alawite supporters of Syria’s Assad and Sunni backers of Syrian rebels Middle East -
Lebanon army says suspect held over Alawite attack
The Lebanese army said it has detained a man suspected of beating and shooting Alawites in the northern city of Tripoli, scene of frequent violence ... Middle East -
Lebanon army deploys in Tripoli after week of violence
Lebanon’s army began deploying Monday in the northern city of Tripoli after 14 people were killed and more than 80 wounded in a week of ... Middle East -
Fearing retribution, Syrian minorities keep low profile in exile
In a small park on the edge of old Istanbul’s Eminonu square, women sit begging, Syrian passports in their outstretched hands, “Please ... Features