A massacre in the village of Arzah, inhabited by members of Syria's Alawi minority, has left 15 people dead, with authorities vowing to punish those responsible ...

In Latakia, the homeland of the Assad's Alawi sect, the enormous statue of former President Hafez al-Assad that sternly watched over this central junction for decades has been cut off at the ankles.

The body of slain gangland figure Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim has been carried away in a gold coffin at his funeral service ...