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...

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

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...

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...

repercussions for Alawites there, as well as for themselves." Some sources (Martin van Bruinessen and Jamal Shah) mistake Alawites living in Turkey to...

"Pressures in Syria affect Alawites in Lebanon – The National". Thenational.ae. Retrieved 2013-01-05. "'Lebanese Alawites welcome Syria's withdrawal as...

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

metres (2,000 ft) in the south. This mountain range has been home to an Alawite population since the Middle Ages. Classically, this range was known as...