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Four Alawite Workers Killed in Hama as Syrian Sectarian Violence Continues

by Jason Ditz | Sep 29, 2025

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was feted in last week’s visit to the US for the UN General Assembly, but the ongoing sectarian violence raging in Syria shows no sign of slowing. Syria’s Alawite minority is among the main targets. Alawites were massacred en masse in a...

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Syrian Forces Evict Alawites From Damascus Neighborhood En Masse

by Jason Ditz | Sep 14, 2025

Continuing the purge of Syria’s Alawite minority that began with large scale massacres back in March, Interior Ministry security forces have almost entirely depopulated the metro Damascus neighborhood of al-Somaria, which was up until the raids, an Alawite majority...

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Report: Syria Talks With Israel Involve Seizing North Lebanon

by Jason Ditz | Jul 6, 2025

Israeli media began reporting new specificities about the Syria-Israel peace talks that have been ongoing for awhile, and incredibly they seem to suggest that the deal is centering around discussions of carving off parts of Lebanon to give to Syria’s Islamist...

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Killing of Alawites Continues in Syria, Civilians Are Asked Religion at Checkpoints

by Jason Ditz | Jun 15, 2025

Sectarian violence remains a recurring problem in Syria, with reports that the nation’s Alawite minority continue to bear the brunt of the attacks. Though some killings are being carried out by unknown gunmen, many are taking place at official government checkpoints....

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At Least 11 Alawites Killed in Syria as Sectarian Violence Continues to Rage

by Jason Ditz | May 11, 2025

Sectarian violence against Syria’s Alawite minority became a huge matter in early March, when massacres left well over 1,300 people dead and the ruling Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) insisting the matter was over and an investigation would happen. The probe has been...

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14 Alawites Killed in Central Syria as Sectarian Purge Continues

by Jason Ditz | Apr 27, 2025

March saw the beginning of a violent crackdown against Syria’s Alawite minority in the country’s northwest, with well over a thousand people killed in a very short period of time in the Tartus and Latakia Governorates. The slain were overwhelmingly civilians, dragged...

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Syrian Forces Attack Alawite Village in Northwest, Killing Several Civilians

by Jason Ditz | Mar 31, 2025

The civilian death toll of the massacre by the Syrian government and its allies in the northwest of the country continues to rise, as 11 more civilian bodies were found dumped in the river near Baniyas. They were killed with headshots, as is in keeping with most of...

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US Intelligence Assessment Blames Syrian Government for Recent Alawite Massacre

by Jason Ditz | Mar 26, 2025

A new Department of National Intelligence (DNI) threat assessment has been released. Such assessments are required annually under the Intelligence Authorization Act in 2021. Though most of the assessment centers on Russia and China, and is largely unchanged from last...

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Iraqi Tribal Council Proposes Volunteer Force to Fight HTS in Syria

by Jason Ditz | Mar 19, 2025

Syria’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led government and its role in the massacre of well over a thousand civilians, mostly Alawites, in the northwest earlier this month continues to loom large not just internally but in Syria’s relationship with the...

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Syria Military Operation Over, But Killing of Alawite Civilians Continues

by Jason Ditz | Mar 12, 2025

Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) declared their military operation against the Alawites over on Monday morning, but the execution of Alawite civilians has not halted. The number of civilians executed before Monday has also been rising further as more are counted. At...

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