The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has ...

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

Salafist jihadist groups such as Al-Nusra and Daesh [Arabic acronym for the Islamic State organization] and their sheikhs have fed on this hatred. In Baniyas, most Sunni families are moderate ...

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.

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.