Syrian leader signs constitution that puts the country under an Islamist group’s rule for 5 years
Syria’s interim president has signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years ...
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
After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...
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 ...
Clashes in Syria between government forces and Assad loyalists kill more than 200
A war monitor says two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad have ...
Syria’s government signs a breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast
Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...
2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 1,000 people dead
The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and ...
Assad loyalists kill at least 13 police officers in ambush on Syrian forces in coastal town
The attack came as tensions in Syria ’s coastal region between former President Bashar Assad’s minority Alawite sect and ...
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.
Syria’s neighboring foreign ministers call for lifting sanctions and reconciliation
Syria’s top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries have called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions and ...
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Two days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 1,000 dead
Alawites made up a large part of Assad’s support base for decades ... forces are deployed amid heightened security in Damascus (Omar Sanadiki/AP) Residents of Baniyas, one of the towns worst ...