'You started this': Attacks on Alawites in Syria highlights deep divisions
The recent surge of violence in Syria lays bare the challenges interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa faces in delivering on his promise to lead a more unified country.
In Syria, Being Wanted Went From Something to Fear to a Badge of Honor
The ousted Assad dictatorship kept lists of millions of wanted people. Now, Syrians are openly asking whether they “have a ...
At least 16 people killed after ordnance from Syrian civil war explodes in port city of Latakia
The Syrian Civil Defense says ordnance from Syria’s 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, collapsing a building and killing at least 16 people.
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Families of Syrians who disappeared during its civil war say the search must go on
DARAA, Syria — Family members of Syrians who disappeared in the country’s 14-year civil war gathered in the city of Daraa on ...
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Who Are The Alawites, Why Are They Being Hunted Down And Killed In Syria?
With Bashar al-Assad's departure, the fate of Syria's Alawite community remains precarious. Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni ...
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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 eyewitnesses and video, providing a gruesome picture of a crackdown against ...
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Syria opens probe into killings targeting Alawite minority group
Syrian government forces and their allies were responsible for the killing of 830 civilians of the Alawite minority community, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. The Syrian pr ...
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Syria’s neighboring foreign ministers call for lifting sanctions, reconciliation
AMMAN, Jordan — Syria’s top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries Sunday called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions on Syria and post-war reconciliation. The foreign ...
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'They left nobody': More than 1,000 people killed in some of Syria's deadliest violence
More than 1,000 people have died in clashes in Syria after violence erupted between government supporters and people thought to be loyal to the ousted President Bashar al Assad. The number of ...
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Syria’s interim president calls clashes ‘expected challenges’ as death toll tops 600
Syria’s interim leader has called days of violent clashes between pro-government forces and supporters of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad “expected challenges” as a monitor said the ...
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Syrian leader Sharaa calls for peace as over 1,000, mostly civilians, killed in clashes
DAMASCUS, Syria (Reuters) – Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa called for peace on Sunday after hundreds were killed in some of the deadliest violence in 13 years of civil war, pitting loyalists of ...
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More than 1,000 dead after 2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria
The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war ...