Syrian refugees recount bloodletting as sectarian killings swept coast
Thousands have fled into Lebanon after tensions between Syria’s Alawite minority and forces backing the new government exploded last week.
What We Know About the Unrest in Syria
Over 1,300 people have been killed in fierce clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, ...
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Syrian patriarchs condemn massacres as sectarian violence escalates on Syria’s coast
In a joint statement issued March 8, the patriarchs of Syria condemned acts that threaten civil peace and denounced the ...
Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
In northeast Syria, revelers took to the streets after the announcement of a breakthrough deal between the central government ...
The Economist2d
After the bloodshed, can Syria’s president unite his country?
Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...
Sectarian Killings Along Syria’s Coast Spiral Into Crisis for New Government
Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the violence by ‘radical Islamic terrorists’ and expressed support for minority ...
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 ...
Human Rights Watch5d
Syria: End Coastal Killing Spree, Protect Civilians
Summary executions and other atrocities have taken place in Syria’s coastal region following insurgent attacks on Syrian ...
In Netanyahu’s new Middle East, Syria could become Israel’s biggest strategic gain
Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at edge of the occupied Golan Heights and looked out over ...
US Military's Syria Mission 'Unchanged' as Allies Join Islamist Government
"The American role was a positive role and in the interest of Syria and the Syrians," an SDF political wing adviser told ...
Highlights from interview with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa
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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
“People were killed who had nothing to do with anything.” While a tense calm prevailed over most of the Syrian coast Tuesday, families were still wading across a river marking the border ...