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The offices of the Interior Ministry in Jerusalem, November 23, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 29, 2026, 9:45 am
After years in limbo, court lets Syrian convert live in Israel with husband, a disabled vet
Interior Ministry had repeatedly denied couple’s efforts to build a home in the country, despite woman’s conversion to Judaism and severing of ties to Syria
By Sue Surkes
Protesters from the Alawite religious minority demonstrate in in Latakia, Syria, two days after a bomb in an Alawite mosque in Homs killed eight people, December 28, 2025. (AP/Omar Albam)
December 28, 2025, 11:11 pm
3 dead, dozens injured in Syria as Alawites clash with pro-government groups
Violent protests erupt in coastal cities of Latakia and Tartous two days after bombing at Alawite mosque in Homs killed 8 people
By OMAR ALBAM
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech, as Syrians celebrate the first anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime, in Damascus on December 8, 2025. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
December 9, 2025, 12:52 am
Sharaa vows ‘peaceful coexistence’ as Syria marks anniversary of Assad’s fall
Past year ‘seems like a miracle,’ says reveler, as Syrians gather en masse to watch their rebel-turned-president; Alawite, Kurdish areas boycott celebration amid sectarian strife
By Maher Al-Mounes
Suspects stand inside a holding cell, left, as judges preside over Syria's first public trial related to deadly clashes in March along the country's coastal provinces, at the Palace of Justice in Aleppo, Syria, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
November 18, 2025, 2:16 pm
Syria holds first trial over deadly clashes between Syrian regime, pro-Assad forces
Hundreds on docket for March violence in which over 1,400 were killed, mostly civilians, as fighting between government forces, supporters of ousted leader spiraled
By AP
Attendees at the "Future of Minorities in the Middle East" conference in Tel Aviv hold the Kurdish, Israeli and Druze flags as they speak, on October 27, 2025. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 28, 2025, 8:39 pm
Seeing Israel as a beacon, regional minorities gather in Tel Aviv to discuss future
Representatives of the Druze, Kurdish, Alawite communities attend conference aimed at forging ties between Israel and historically persecuted Middle Eastern groups
By ToI Staff
Young Kurdish men line up to sign up to join Syrian government's General Security forces at a police station in Afrin, Syria, an area in the country's north from which Kurds were forcibly displaced years ago, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
August 23, 2025, 12:53 pm
Syria security forces’ push to recruit Kurds, religious minorities brings hope, skepticism
Initiative comes after UN-backed commission that investigated sectarian violence recommended authorities increase diversity in security forces to gain trust of communities
By OMAR ALBAM and ABBY SEWELL
Najwa Mulla, a volunteer, stands in a warehouse in the Druze village of Julis, Galilee, next to boxes of medical supplies that will be sent to hospitals in Sweida, Syria, on August 6, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
August 16, 2025, 9:36 am
In a Galilee war room, Startup Nation’s Druze mobilize to help their Syrian brethren in Sweida
With reports of 1,800 Syrian Druze killed by government-led forces amid acts of rape and cruelty, Israel’s Druze have created a volunteer team tasked with sending medical supplies and support
By Diana Bletter
Syrian security forces deploy in the outskirts of Latakia, Syria, March 7, 2025. (Omar Albam/AP)
August 14, 2025, 3:14 pm
UN: War crimes likely committed by both sides in Syrian violence against Alawites
Commission of inquiry finds ‘inhumane acts’ were carried out in ‘systematic pattern’ in March, but no evidence of government policy or plan to carry out such attacks
By Agencies
People walk past the closed entrance of al-Karawan nightclub after it was attacked by gunmen on May 5, 2025. (Omar Haj Kadour / AFP)
May 16, 2025, 7:11 am
As new Syria emerges, nightclub attacks awaken fears of return to sectarian repression
Despite official condemnation, deadly assaults on Damascus nightlife by regime loyalists add to mounting concern that Islamist rulers will not make good on promises of tolerance
By Nurit Yohanan
Security forces of Syria's new Islamist government stand guard on the road leading to the airport, in the Damascus' suburb of Jaramana on April 29, 2025. (Rami al SAYED / AFP)
April 30, 2025, 10:50 am
Under new regime, Syria’s Alawites are evicted from private homes at gunpoint
Um Hassan says she was forced to surrender Damascus home within 24 hours after brother arrested; rights group says thousands of such cases have taken place
By Amina Ismail
Syrian Alawite families who fled the clashes in Syria hold their luggage as they cross a river marking the border between Syria and northern Lebanon near the village of Heker al-Daher in Akkar province, Lebanon, March 11, 2025. (Hussein Malla/AP)
April 15, 2025, 12:15 pm
Fearful Syria’s Alawites still face attacks a month after wave of deadly violence
Members of former ruling minority say Sunni vengeance against ousted regime has continued, as tens of thousands flee to neighboring Lebanon
By BASSEM MROUE and Kareem Chehayeb
A member of the Syrian forces stands on a vehicle during deadly violence in which some 1,500 members of Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect were killed, in Latakia, Syria, March 7, 2025. (Karam al-Masri/Reuters)
March 24, 2025, 4:04 pm
Investigating their own killings: Alawites claim the new regime was behind massacre
Messages from survivors of the sectarian violence in which over 1,500 civilians were killed describe methodical carnage, decry the duplicity of Syria’s new leadership
By Nurit Yohanan
Syrian attend the funeral of a relative, killed in the days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of the former government, in the town of Jableh in the coastal province of Latakia on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Abdulwajed HAJ ESTEIFI / AFP)
March 10, 2025, 8:22 pm
Sa’ar urges global leaders to denounce ‘pure evil’ of Sharaa’s Syria after killings
Foreign minister says Israel’s warnings over new Islamist rulers were accurate after over 1,000 killed in Alawite enclave; Sharaa dismisses Israel’s accusations as ‘nonsense’
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on March 8, 2025, shows Syrian forces manning a checkpoint in the coastal city of Latakia. (SANA/AFP)
March 8, 2025, 3:57 pm
745 civilians killed in clashes between Syrian regime and pro-Assad forces, says watchdog
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights describes killings of Alawites as ‘executions’ accompanied by looting; women and children among victims
By AFP and ToI Staff
This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows members of the Syrian security forces entering the western city of Baniyas in Syria's coastal Tartous province to reinforce government troops in clashes with militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, on March 7, 2025. (Photo by SANA / AFP)
March 7, 2025, 9:27 pm
Katz calls new Syria president an ‘al-Qaeda terrorist’ after reports Alawites executed
Harsh statement comes as rights group says government-affiliated forces executed at least 90 Alawites as they move to crush a nascent insurgency by Assad loyalists
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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