An yi wa Alawites kisan gilla sama da shida, mafi girma daga cikinsu shine a shekarar 1218 lokacin da suka aika da roƙon neman taimako ga Yarima Makzun Sinjari, Sarkin Dutsen Sinjar, don ya cece su a gabar tekun Siriya, musamman a Latakia da Banias, inda sojojin Ayyubids da wasu ƙungiyoyi na ƙungiyar Nizari, waɗanda aka fi sani da Assassins, suka taru a kansu. 

Kisan kiyashi na biyu ya faru ne a shekarar 1516 a hannun Ottomans a lokacin mulkin Selim na ɗaya a yankin Tell na Aleppo, inda aka tara kawunan Alawites a cikin siffar tuddai a wani yunƙuri da Ottomans suka yi na kawar da ƙungiyar Alawites. Duk da haka, wasu daga cikinsu, da waɗanda suka tsira, sun gudu zuwa ga danginsu a tsaunukan gabar tekun Syria, inda suka ɓoye tsawon ɗaruruwan shekaru saboda tsoron tsanantawa da sabbin kisan kiyashi. 

Kisan kiyashi na uku ya fara ne daga shekarar 1860 zuwa 1925 a shekarun ƙarshe na Daular Ottoman, inda zaluncin da ake yi wa ƙungiyoyin ƙabilu da addinai a Turkiyya da Siriya ya ƙaru. Daga cikin waɗanda suka fi shahara akwai manyan kisan kiyashi da aka yi wa Armeniya, Siriya, Kaldiyawa, Assuriyawa, da Alawites a shekarar 1915, inda adadin waɗanda abin ya shafa ya zarce miliyan 5 daga dukkan ƙungiyoyin da aka ambata da sauransu. 

Kisan kiyashi na huɗu ya faru ne a shekarar 1964 a zamanin Shugaban Siriya Amin al-Hafiz, musamman a yankin Hama na Siriya, inda suka kai hari kan ƙauyukan Alawite da Kiristoci tare da kashe ɗaruruwan mazauna yankin a wani yunƙuri na tsarkake ƙabilanci a yankin don dawo da mafarkin Ottoman da ikon 'Yan'uwa Musulmi.  

Mataki na biyar ya ci gaba daga 1976 zuwa 1983, wanda kuma aka fi sani da 'Yan'uwa Musulmi, a zamanin Shugaban Siriya Hafez al-Assad. Sun yi kisan gilla mai tsari ga likitoci, injiniyoyi, jami'ai, da ɗaliban jami'a, kuma sun kai hari ga duk wani mutum mai ilimi na Alawite. Wannan ya haifar da abubuwan da suka shafi ɗaliban Kwalejin Artillery, bama-bamai a cikin bas a Masyaf, da kuma kisan gillar duk wani likita da injiniyoyi na Alawite da za su iya kaiwa a Jableh, Latakia, Tartus, Banias, Damascus, Homs, da Hama.  

Na baya-bayan nan shi ne kisan kiyashin da aka yi a gabar tekun Siriya a shekarar 2025, wanda aka kira kisan kiyashin karnin saboda tsananinsa, inda aka kashe akalla mutane 10 a wani kisan kare dangi da aka yi wa iyalai baki daya cikin awanni 48 kacal. An aiwatar da wannan ta hanyar ƙungiyoyin da ke da alaƙa da gwamnatin Damascus, ƙarƙashin jagorancin Ahmed al-Sharaa, ban da tallafin Turkiyya ta hanyar gano yankunan da Alawites suke a taswira da kuma wasu taimako daga mazauna yankin, Sunni da Turkmen. A ƙarshe, babu wanda ya aikata wani kisan kiyashi da aka yi wa Alawites tun daga zamanin da har zuwa wannan lokacin da aka ɗora masa alhakin, kuma babu wanda ya yi musu adalci. Maimakon haka, shugabannin sun yi musu makirci, ko da a ƙarƙashin fakewar muradun ƙasashen duniya.