Is the pro-Assad insurgency a threat to the new Syria?
Ahmed al-Sharaa's rebel forces toppled Assad in December. Responding now to what he called a "critical moment", al-Sharaa ...
Syria’s coastal region counts damage after interim government ends operation against insurgents
Syria's interim government announced Monday the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...
Scores killed as Syrian forces seek to crush Alawite insurgency
Syrian security forces battled for a second day on Friday to crush a nascent insurgency by fighters from Bashar al-Assad's ...
Syrian Forces Battle Insurgents in Serious Test for New Government
Ambushes by Assad loyalists are among the fiercest yet, stretching the forces of the former rebels who seized power last year ...
Syrian forces seek to snuff out nascent Alawite insurgency
Security forces battled for a second day on Friday to crush a nascent insurgency by fighters from Bashar al-Assad's Alawite ...
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Syria’s Surge in Violence Does Not Signal a New Civil War—for Now
A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...
Syrian fact-finding committee for sectarian killings says no one above the law
A Syrian fact-finding committee investigating sectarian killings during clashes by rival groups during an insurgency by ...
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 flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy
The peril and promise of Syria under interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa — the former leader of an Islamist insurgent group — ...
Fear lingers after Syrian violence as hundreds seek refuge
After the outbreaks of violence in Syria at the weekend, activists said on Tuesday that members of the Alawite religious ...
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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Is Syria Descending into Renewed Civil War?
In recent days, Syria suffered the worst violence since the toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad last December. Deadly ...