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.
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 ...
Horror of the Syrian massacres: Video footage 'shows brutal executions and mutilations carried out by fighters as nation's new rulers wipe out hundreds of Assa…
Some were forced to crawl besides the bloodied corpses of their neighbours as they were battered by branches. Others were ...
Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
JARAMANA, Syria — Syria’s Druze minority has a long history of cutting their own path to survive among the country’s powerhouses. They are now trying again to navigate a new, uncertain Syria since the ...
Donald Trump, aiming at Iran, puts a squeeze on Iraq
The Trump administration has revoked a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy gas and electricity from Iran, US officials ...
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Syria’s worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil war
An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days. The ...
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Interim leader calls for peace as death toll in Syria rises
Syrian interim president Ahmed Sharaa yesterday called for peace after hundreds were killed in some of the deadliest violence ...
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Government accuses “unorganized masses”
According to estimates by activists, more than 1,000 people have been killed in heavy fighting in the Syrian coastal province ...