Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

Sunni close SunniMuslims who believe in the successorship of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali as leaders of the Muslim community after the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims specifically set the duties out ...

Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...

A television series about the life of the Umayyad caliph, Muawiya, titled "Mo'awey," which was banned in Iraq due to the ...

Once powerful under the previous regime, the Alawites now face retribution from rebel groups and the oppressed Sunni population ... Originating from Shia Islam, they have distinct beliefs and ...

Here is a look at sects and minorities in Syria, which has been destroyed by years of civil war following a 2011 uprising spearheaded by Syria's majority Sunni Muslims against the Alawite leadership.

DUBAI - Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December ... by Syria's majority Sunni Muslims against the Alawite leadership.