12-year-old boy among 4 killed in Syria’s Tartous province
BEIRUT (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was among four civilians killed Monday in Syria ’s Tartous province, provincial officials ...
These Militias Refuse to Join Syria’s New Army
The militias that control the Druse religious minority’s heartland in southwestern Syria have resisted the new government’s attempts to bring all armed groups under its control.
In Syria's coastal villages, the Alawite community feels abandoned by the new authorities: 'We want the attackers to be punished'
Between March 7 and 9, the towns of al-Sanobar and Huraysun were taken over by Islamist factions allied with the new Syrian authorities. The assailants looted and burned houses and massacred dozens of ...
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More than 1,000 dead after 2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ... adding that thousands of people have fled to nearby mountains for safety. Residents of Baniyas, one of the towns worst hit by the ...
Worst violence in Syria since Assad fall as dozens killed in clashes
It is the worst violence in Syria since rebels toppled Assad in December and installed an Islamist transitional government. A ...
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More than 1,000 dead in Syria after Islamist terrorists who toppled Assad clash with Alawite loyalists
Syria’s state news agency has reported that ... Thousands of people have reportedly fled to nearby mountains for safety.
Kurds in Iraq and Syria celebrate the Newroz festival of spring at a time of new political horizons
AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and ...
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Putin offers Syria's Sharaa support and cooperation
Reuters reported in December that Russia was pulling back forces from front lines in northern Syria and from posts in mountains dominated by Assad's Alawite community, but was not leaving its two ...
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 ...