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 — were on dramatic display over the past week. After days of deadly sectarian ...
A country too dangerous to visit is one I can’t wait to return to
As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...
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 in Damascus and local Kurdish-led authorities ...
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Druze sovereignty in Syria is in America’s and Israel’s best interest
The pro-West Druze of southern Syria have all but declared independence from the new jihadist rulers of the country. They need allies.The post Druze sovereignty in Syria is in America’s ...
Damascus faces demands for accountability after civilian killings
Syria's Islamist-led government on Monday said it had completed a military operation against a nascent insurgency by Bashar ...
Hundreds of civilians killed in Syria as clashes erupt in former Assad strongholds
The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo were the first such clashes there since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Skirmish in Syrian Capital Raises Fears of Expanding Violence
The overnight clash in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping ...
As People Are Abducted on Unpatrolled Streets, Syrians Demand Better Protection
When the new government took over, it dismissed the Assad regime police and other forces, leaving a security vacuum. Now, ...
Syria’s Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Syria’s Druze minority is trying to navigate a new, uncertain Syria. Members of the small religious sect find themselves ...
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Syrian Shia Refugees In Lebanon Battle Mounting Hardships Amid Rising Sectarian Tensions
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that several regions in Syria have witnessed an escalating wave of targeted killings and individual acts of retribution. The organization noted ...
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.
More than 1,000 dead after 2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria
A war monitoring group said more than 1,000 were killed in revenge attacks and clashes between Syrian security forces and ...