Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy
After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...
A Syrian man barely escaped a wave of sectarian killings. His brothers did not
This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 ...
Syria’s worst violence in months reopens wounds of the country’s 13-year 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 ...
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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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Chaos Sweeps Coastal Syria: ‘We Have to Get Out of Here’
Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. More than 1,000 people have been killed since Thursday ...
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Syria calls for probe into killings targetting Alawite minority group
Syria’s government on Sunday announced a probe after the killing of Alawite civilians triggered an international backlash against the worst violence since Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow. In its ...
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Syria's Sharaa scrambles to contain deadliest violence in years
The top commander of a Syrian Kurdish armed group, whose forces are in a separate battle with Turkey, had earlier blamed Turkish-backed Islamist factions for some of the most disturbing violence ...
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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 government fighters clash with Assad loyalists, nearly 200 killed
Fighters siding with Syria’s new government stormed three villages near the country’s coast, killing dozens of men in response to recent attacks on government security forces by loyalists of ...
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Syria clashes have killed more than 300 people since Thursday, monitoring group says
Clashes between government security forces and supporters of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 311 people in Syria since Thursday, according to a monitoring group that ...
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What We Know About the Unrest in Syria
By Euan Ward Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon Violence between government security forces and gunmen loyal to the ousted regime of President Bashar al-Assad has erupted in Syria’s coastal region.