BBC finds Syrian families sheltering at Russian airbase from sectarian attacks
The BBC team found Dalaal seeking refuge alongside thousands of other people in a remote Russian airbase in the country's ...
The Press Democrat16h
Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy
After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...
Kurdish-led Syrian group rejects Islamist authorities' new constitution framework
The Kurdish-led group which governs northeast Syria on Friday rejected a constitutional declaration issued by the new ...
Syrians trickle home from sanctuary at Russian air base
Some of the Syrians who sought sanctuary at a Russian air base from sectarian killings are trickling home to devastated ...
Wilson Center2h
Syria Hangs By A Thread While US Sanctions Block Reconstruction
Major US Sanctions are a major barrier to reconstruction in Syria. With violence erupting on the country’s coast, US ...
Exclusive-Russia lambasts Syria's new leaders in closed UN meeting, sources say
Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...
Violence signals time is short to build a united Syria
On top of all this, the Syrian people are getting frustrated. Electricity supply is limited to a few hours a day. An influx of cheap Turkish goods is undercutting local manufacturers. Government ...
U.N. Warns “Entire Families” Killed in Syrian Sectarian Violence as Some Alawites Flee to Lebanon
The U.N. warns “entire families” have been killed in recent sectarian attacks in Syria’s coastal region, which is home to the ...
Christianity Today17h
Syria Massacre Leaves Christians Asking If They’re Next
Oweis said Syrian forces looted hundreds of Christian homes during the assault on Alawite communities between the coastal towns of Tartus and Latakia. Jihadis stormed the home of Oweis’s friend and ...
Al Arabiya English16h
Russia says 9,000 people fleeing violence have taken refuge at its air base in Syria
Russia’s air base in Syria is sheltering about 9,000 people seeking refuge from a wave of sectarian violence, Foreign ...
The National on MSN3h
'Are you Alawite?': Killings in Syrian village of Arza raise fears of endless sectarian violence
An eerie silence hangs over Arza, a mainly Alawite village in the rural countryside of Hama province in eastern Syria. All of ...