Syria’s minority Alawite community is gripped by terror as reports spread of killings and disappearances under the country’s new Islamist rulers.

Families of military officers who served under Syria's ousted Bashar al-Assad are being evicted from their subsidised housing at a compound outside Damascus to make way for victorious former rebels and their families,

Syrians celebrated their first New Year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday as fireworks lit up the night sky above Damascus. In the capital's main square, people brandished "revolution" flags,