Deccan Herald28m
Who are the Alawites, why are they being killed in Syria?
A religious minority in Syria, the Alawite sect makes up 12% of the country's population, whose majority belongs to the Sunni ...
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.
Nearly 1,000 Civilians Killed in Syria, Rights Group Says: "Massacres"
At least 973 civilians, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in recent days as forces of the new ...
El Mundo on MSN1h
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 ...
The Business Standard4h
Syria's Sharaa scrambles to contain deadliest violence in years
The clashes, which a war monitoring group said had already killed over 1,000 people, mostly civilians, continued for a fourth day in Assad's coastal heartland ...
TASS Russian News Agency4h
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 ...
Greek Reporter4h
Greece Sounds Alarm on Syria Violence, Pushes for Christian Minority Rights
Greece has been deeply alarmed over the renewed violence that broke out in Syria last week, in which over 1,000 people are ...
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 ...
KJZZ14h
More than 1,300 Syrians killed in 72 hours amid clashes and acts of revenge
A human rights group characterized the killings as executions and massacres, carried out in revenge against the Alawite ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Columbian15h
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.