Twelver Imam, Hasan al-Askari. For this reason, Alawites are also called Nusayris. Surveys suggest Alawites represent an important portion of the Syrian...

The Alawite State (Arabic: دولة جبل العلويين, Dawlat Jabal al-‘Alawiyyīn; French: État des Alaouites), initially named the Territory of the Alawites (French:...

This list of Alawites includes prominent Alawite figures, mostly Syrians, who are notable in their areas of expertise. Adunis, poet Badawi al-Jabal, poet...

2011 that Alawites should abandon Assad, or else "Syria will become the graveyard of the Alawites". Jihadis in Syria follow the anti-Alawite fatwahs of...

Alawite revolt may refer to: Alawite revolt (1834–35) Alawite revolt of 1919 Arab Revolt (disambiguation) Sectarianism and minorities in the Syrian Civil...

naharnet.com. Retrieved 2015-01-12. "Alawites in Lebanon". Minority Rights Group. 2023-10-16. "'Lebanese Alawites welcome Syria's withdrawal as 'necessary'...

some emirs, and local Alawites. Tensions between the two sides escalated when an Ismaili man killed the son of a leader of the Alawite Khayyatin tribe. The...

so-called Greater Syria. Sunni Muslims and Alawites have been in conflict with each other for centuries. The Alawites of the Levant were oppressed by the Sunni...

The Alawites are the second largest religious group in Syria, after the Sunni Muslims. They are divided into two main groups: traditional Alawites, who...

to the Alawite sect. Alawites are divided into two main groups: traditional Alawites, who form the majority, and the minority Murshid Alawites (which...