Syria ends military operation against Assad loyalists in coastal region
Clashes between Assad fighters and country’s new Islamist rulers kill more than 1,000 people, mostly civilians ...
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Syria government says coast operation against pro-Assad militias completed
The announcement comes as the fighting between pro-Assad militias and members of the security forces killed more than 1,000 ...
Explainer-What is driving the bloodshed in Syria?
The violence has pitted the Islamist-led government's security forces against fighters from Assad's Alawite minority. The ...
Syria says military operation against Assad-linked gunmen in coastal region ends
Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted president Bashar Assad and his family in the worst fighting since the end of the 1 ...
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.
What's driving killings in Syria and who are the Alawites?
Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported killed in violence that has swept the coastal region since Thursday.
Druze seek a place in a changing Syria, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...
The last good days in Syria before a new nightmare began
When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...
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Rep. Abe Hamadeh brings a unique perspective to conflicts in Syria, Middle East
Hamadeh is the child of Syrian immigrants with Druze, Kurdish and Muslim heritage and served in the U.S. military in Saudi ...