Massacres of Alawite Civilians in Coastal Syria Must Be Investigated as War Crimes, Says Amnesty International - The Syrian Observer

Massacres of Alawite Civilians in Coastal Syria Must Be Investigated as War Crimes, Says Amnesty International - The Syrian Observer

Amnesty International has called for urgent, independent investigations into what it describes as a “horrifying wave of brutal mass killings” targeting Alawite civilians in Syria’s coastal region, warning that the deliberate targeting of civilians on sectarian grounds constitutes war crimes. In a press release issued today, Amnesty revealed that more than 100 people were killed by government-affiliated militias in the coastal city of Banias betw…

Syria: Serious Concerns Regarding Integrity, Independence, and Effectiveness of the Investigation Committee for Coastal Events - Syrians for Truth and Justice

1.    Introduction On 4 March 2025, an armed group labeled by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) as belonging to “remnants of pro-Assad militias” targeted a General Security Administration…

Alawites in Syria Reside in Fear: Fresh Attacks Continue  – Modern Tokyo Times

Alawites in Syria Reside in Fear: Fresh Attacks Continue  Murad Makhmudov, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) continues to highlight fresh Sunni Islamist attacks against the beleaguered Alawites. Other minorities, including Christians, the Druze, and Kurds, remain uncertain about their future under the prevailing conditions of Syria. Last week, Sunni Islamists killed a mother and t…

In early March, violent clashes led to "a wave of massacres" against civilians, the majority of whom came from the Alawite minority to which the Al-Assad family belonged.