Syria News » Latakia News Syria » Latakia » Religion: Minorities had hoped to break into Syria's new political order in the weekend vote but few succeeded
LATAKIA, Syria — Syria’s minority religious and ethnic communities, wary of the country’s new authorities after outbreaks of sectarian violence, were divided in the run-up to the first parliamentary ...
News Syria » Latakia » Religion: In post-Assad Syria's chaos, Alawite women face sexual violence
LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Rights groups say the attacks on Alawite women appear to be the acts of individuals, not systematic. But rights workers and victims say Syria's new authorities are not doing ...
News Syria » Latakia » Religion: Syria's Alawites still face targeted attacks a month after brutal counteroffensive
BEIRUT — A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller attacks since ...
News Syria » Latakia » Religion: 4 dead, dozens injured in Syria during clashes between Alawites and counterdemonstrators
LATAKIA, Syria (AP) —The clashes came two days after a bombing at an Alawite mosque in the city of Homs killed eight people and wounded 18 others during prayers. LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Clashes broke ...
News Syria » Latakia » Religion: Foundation for the Development of Western Syria Marks One-Year Anniversary of the March 2025 Massacre of Alawites and Christians in Latakia and Coastal Syria
The Foundation for the Development of Western Syria (the “Foundation”) today solemnly commemorates the one-year anniversary of the March 2025 massacre that devastated Alawite and Christian communities ...
News Syria » Latakia » Religion: Syria’s New Nightmare: Sectarian Killings Are Surging Against Alawites — the Religious Sect of Assad
‘It’s terrifying; it feels like a genocide,’ one young mother in the Latakia community tells the Sun. “I’m afraid. I’m afraid for my family.” Reconciliation centers, like this one at Latakia, are so ...
News Syria » Latakia » Religion: Syria imposes curfew in Latakia days after protests turn violent, state media says
Dec 30 (Reuters) - Syrian security forces imposed a curfew on Latakia city, a bastion of the country's Alawite minority, state media reported on Tuesday, days after four people were killed in protests ...
News Syria » Latakia » Religion: Foundation for the Development of Western Syria Marks One-Year Anniversary of the March 2025 Massacre of Alawites and Christians in Latakia and Coastal Syria
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Foundation for the Development of Western Syria (the “Foundation”) today solemnly commemorates the one-year anniversary of the March 2025 massacre that devastated ...