Explainer-What is driving the bloodshed in Syria?
The violence has pitted the Islamist-led government's security forces against fighters from Assad's Alawite minority. The ...
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Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil war
An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days.
Syria announces the end of a military operation against Assad-linked gunmen in a coastal region
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's interim government on Monday announced the end of a days-long military operation against ...