Syria's new leader vows investigation into mass killings of Alawite civilians. Who are they?
As Syria witnesses “one of the biggest massacres” since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, its new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has vowed ...
Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...
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, ...
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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 ...
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Death by Lunacy
They are thrilled at the death of the Alawites, the same tribe from which came the Assad family. Western governments ...
US and EU offer opposing statements on Alawite and Christian pogroms in Syria
The recent killings of Alawite and Christian civilians by the new Syrian government have been condemned by the U.S., while the EU offered a different response.
Hundreds reported killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Alawite heartland
The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the ...
Hundreds of Minorities, Including Christians, Killed in Syria—Reports
Since Thursday, more than 1,000 people—including Christian minorities and Alawites, the sect to which Assad belongs—have been killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and ...
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Russia, US request UNSC consultations on Syria — Russian mission
"We expect the Danish presidency to appoint them at ten in New York (2:00 p.m. GMT) on March 10," Russia’s First Deputy ...
Syrian government loyalists accused of executing civilians as violence erupts
Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...
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Violence reopening old wounds in Syria – 1,000 estimated killed over four days
An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad has escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days.
Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil war
The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the ...