Baathist leaders struggled to unify Syria which, to this day, is a patchwork of ideologies, religions and ethnicities (see map 4). In 1970 the defence minister, Hafez al-Assad, took over the party ...

Syria’s Factions Explained in a Map. ... Distinct ethnic and religious groups have called for self-determination for more than a century since their land was absorbed into the larger, ...

Allies of the new Syrian government and other non-state actors have continued violence and discrimination against Christians ...

Syria Map Shows Buffer Zone Amid Israel's Advances. ... Having severed ties with al-Qaida several years ago, al-Jolani has promised representative government and religious tolerance in Syria.

Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians ...

12/18/2024 December 18, 2024. Syria's population, comprising various ethnic and religious groups, makes it one of the most diverse countries in the Middle East. DW takes a closer look.

There are an estimated 700,000 Druze in Syria, making them the country's third-largest religious group; there are also around 230,000 in Lebanon and 25,000 in Jordan. Israel and the Palestinian ...

BEIRUT — A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller attacks ...

Under current conditions, the preferred option for Syria would be a secular democratic system with an embedded philosophy of religious moderation in social and political landscapes.

As Syria begins recovering from 50 years of autocratic rule by the Assad family, an international envoy says Christians and other religious groups expect their rights and freedoms to be preserved ...

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