In a district of Baniyas, executions perpetrated against Alawites by Sunni factions caused around 100 deaths. A man in his ...

This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 ...

In the Al-Qusour district, residents are trying to go back to their lives after the deadly attacks carried out by various ...

[voice-over] An investigation by the local governor found that 643 men are missing and that hundreds more Sunni men were imprisoned. We find a man who says he was held captive hiding in the ...

This is the Sunni viewpoint. A minority believed that Ali, the Prophet’s son-in-law should lead the community. These Muslims came to be known as Shi’a, which means ‘Party of Ali’ ...

An Iraqi man prays on the tomb of an unknown person at a cemetery in the central city of Karbala. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims are mainly expressed through different religious ...

Minutes later, the gunmen, who were Sunni Muslim, broke into his building and killed the Alawites still there, Haydar said. Down the street, gunmen took Haydar’s two older brothers and a nephew ...