BEIRUT (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was among four civilians killed Monday in Syria ’s Tartous province, provincial officials ...

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, known as Shi’ites, said it lost at least five of its members in the deadly clash with the ...

The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has ...

Sectarian-driven killings of civilians this month displayed the government’s weak control over both its own forces and affiliated fighters, experts said.

The Sunni-Shiite divide within Islam plays a significant role, with Shiite militias receiving support from Iran and Hezbollah, while Turkey backs the victorious Sunni factions, who are also tasked ...

Syria's coast is home to its Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shia Islam that makes up about ... The majority of the population is Sunni Muslim, as is Syria's new president, Ahmed Al Sharaa.

Most of the former tyrant's supporters were from the Alawite sect, which is a branch of Shia Islam that Assad was part of. On Friday, they were met with Sunni Muslim fighters loyal to Syria's new ...

Rights groups estimate that hundreds of civilians were killed. The Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam, and it once formed the core constituency of Assad’s government in the Sunni-majority ...

The Associated Press could not independently verify these numbers. The interim government is made up of members of Sunni Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which led a lightning insurgency in ...

Once powerful under the previous regime, the Alawites now face retribution from rebel groups and the oppressed Sunni population ... Originating from Shia Islam, they have distinct beliefs and ...