After Sunnis, which comprise 70% of Syria’s population, the Alawite is the largest sect in the country. President Ahmed al-Sharaa views Alawites as ‘remnants of Assad’s regime’ and holds them responsi ...

Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...

In February, Trump expressed confidence that a new trade deal with China was possible and said Xi Jinping might pay a visit ...

The recent killings of Alawite and Christian civilians by the new Syrian government have been condemned by the U.S., while the EU offered a different response.

The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net Sunday to move nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record.

The Trump administration has revoked a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy gas and electricity from Iran, US officials ...

Syria’s top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries Sunday called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions ...

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Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least nine villagers in an attack in Congo’s conflict-battered east ...

Syrian interim president Ahmed Sharaa yesterday called for peace after hundreds were killed in some of the deadliest violence ...

The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the ...