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

Minutes later, the gunmen, who were Sunni Muslim, broke into his building and killed the Alawites still there, Haydar said. Down the street, gunmen took Haydar’s two older brothers and a nephew ...

A television series about the life of the Umayyad caliph, Muawiya, titled "Mo'awey," which was banned in Iraq due to the potential for stirring sectarian tensions, has made its way onto the screen.

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 ...

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 ...

This nation was once settled by South Indian kings. From the king to the subjects, everyone was Hindu. Then how did it turn into a Muslim country? Now only Muslims get citizenship there. And this ...

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.

DUBAI (Reuters) - 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 ...