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 ...
Syria announces the end of a military operation against Assad-linked gunmen in a coastal region
Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...
Hundreds killed in Syria as new leader says divisions from Assad regime are prompting fresh violence
The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo marked the first such clashes there since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
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An independent Syrian group accuses foreign jihadists of massacres of Alawites
Local television reports that the country's president has ordered the creation of an independent commission to investigate ...
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Lebanon fears sectarian violence as 10,000 Syrian Alawites flee across border
Ten thousand members of the Alawite minority escaping sectarian violence in Syria have crossed into Lebanon over the past ...
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Syria’s Sharaa scrambles to contain deadliest violence in years
Syria’s leader vowed on Sunday to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar ...
The last good days in Syria before a new nightmare began
When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...
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Death toll in clashes in western Syria rises to 973 people — newspaper
BEIRUT, March 10. /TASS/. The number of civilian casualties of clashes between the security forces of the new Syrian ...
As People Are Abducted on Unpatrolled Streets, Syrians Demand Better Protection
When the new government took over, it dismissed the Assad regime police and other forces, leaving a security vacuum. Now, ...
Syria’s Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Syria’s Druze minority is trying to navigate a new, uncertain Syria. Members of the small religious sect find themselves ...
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Security forces counter attack by Assad supporters in Damascus — media outlet
Latest reports indicate that 250 armed supporters of the country's former leader have been killed since the situation ...