A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...

Over 100 organisations call on governments to take urgent action as Israel’s forced ‘mass starvation’ engulfs Gaza.

Control of oil-rich Kordofan is a big prize for both warring groups in their bid to take the country, analysts say.

Relatives and officials say a Syrian-American man of the Druze religious minority is among dozens of civilians killed in ...

A Syrian government investigation says more than 1,400 people died in sectarian violence along the coast earlier this year.