World Mar 07 Clashes in Syria’s coastal region between Assad loyalists and government forces kill more than 70 By Omar Albam, Associated Press
World Jan 08 Watch 9:35 Syria’s once-empowered Alawite minority faces uncertain future after fall of Assad As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family's ancestral home of Latakia province are both overjoyed and anxious. Assad and his family are Alawite, an offshoot of Shia Islam, and the people of his former region… By Leila Molana-Allen
World Jun 05 Clashes on Rise in Lebanon’s Tripoli Clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites are increasing in Lebanon as Syria's civil war continues. By Larisa Epatko