Abductions, forced conversions: Syrian Alawite council alleges cover-up in student's disappearance

The family of Batoul Suleiman Alloush have cast doubt upon a video in which she claims to have converted sect "of her own free will."

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Clashes in Syria’s Latakia leave at least four dead

Emerging in August 2025, Saraya al-Jawad has pledged to target government forces and foreign Turkey-backed proxy groups as “revenge for the souls of the martyrs.” They have claimed several attacks in the past and are continuously pursued by the Syrian government.

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AANES condemns Syria's use of ‘excessive force’ against Alawite protesters

"The intervention of forces affiliated with the Syrian Interim Government to suppress these peaceful protests, and the use of excessive force against the demonstrators, including the use of weapons, has resulted in the martyrdom and injury of a number of innocent civilians," said the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).

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Syrian forces violently crack down on Alawite protests 

Reports have emerged that live ammunition has been used by Damascus-affiliated forces seeking to disperse Alawite protestors.

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UK sanctions Turkey-backed Syrian factions over Alawite massacres

The sanctioned factions have been accused by the UN of extrajudicial executions, looting, and sexual and ethnic violence, particularly against Alawites and Kurds.

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Rojava condemns sectarian violence against Alawite, Druze minorities

The Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria (AANES) said in a statement that “the attacks on civilians and peaceful demonstrators in the Homs and coastal regions, as well as in Suwayda, represent a blatant violation of human and national values. They serve only those who seek to drag the country toward chaos.”

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Alawite demonstration in Syria sees security forces open fire

Members of Syria's Alawite religious community have called for dencentralization amid recurrent clashes between the Damascus government and the country's minorities.

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Syrian Alawite leader calls Damascus government ‘terrorist, sectarian’

Syria's minority Alawite population has experienced bouts of violence at the hands of forces affiliated with the Damascus government following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December, who, as an Alawite himself, privileged and protected his confessional group.

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Syria tries suspects for violence in Alawite-majority coastal regions

The defendants include “detainees on charges of inciting sectarian strife, theft, and assaulting the internal security forces and the Syrian Arab Army,” said state media.

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