Syria’s ruined cities are crime scenes. For some survivors of civil war, justice comes first, rebuilding later
After 13 years of civil war, the forces that overthrew Bashar al-Assad have a long list of wrongs to set right. Residents of ...
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 ...
Entire families killed in Syria sectarian violence, UN says
Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last ...
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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 government loyalists accused of executing civilians as violence erupts
Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...
Chaos Sweeps Coastal Syria: ‘We Have to Get Out of Here’
Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ...
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 ...
Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
Monitoring groups said hundreds of civilians were killed in revenge attacks, primarily targeting members of the Alawite ...
Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the 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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Syria determined to 'prevent unlawful revenge' says fact-finding committee
A fact-finding committee formed by Syria's new authorities to investigate a wave of deadly violence said on Tuesday the ...
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.
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Syria announces end to 'military operation' after mass killings
Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, ...