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

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,

Old Damascus was alive on New Year's Eve, nearly a month after rebels ended more than 50 years of Assad family rule over Syria. While uncertainty lies ahead as the country’s new rulers plot the way forward after 13 years of brutal civil war,