Who Are Syria’s Alawites, Why Are They Claiming Threat From Ahmed al-Sharaa Govt? Explained
After Sunnis, which comprise 70% of Syria’s population, the Alawite is the largest sect in the country. President Ahmed al-Sharaa views Alawites as ‘remnants of Assad’s regime’ and holds them responsi ...
TASS Russian News Agency1h
Security forces counter attack by Assad supporters in Damascus — media outlet
Latest reports indicate that 250 armed supporters of the country's former leader have been killed since the situation ...
Syria descends into violence: Who are the Alawites who are being killed in hundreds?
At least 1,300 have been killed in Syria as security forces clash with loyalists of ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The violence is concentrated in Tartus and Latakia, home to Alawites. The Assads ...
Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...
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 ...
The New Arab12h
Syria vows accountability after reports of mass killings
President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Sunday that his government would "firmly" hold accountable anyone implicated in the killing ...
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 ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel14h
Syria announces probe after reports of mass killings
Syria's government on Sunday announced a probe after the killing of Alawite civilians triggered an international backlash ...
Russia Retains Strategic Syria Bases Amidst Renewed Violence
The resumption of hostilities in Syria could change everything, and the Russian military could suddenly find itself in a ...
TASS Russian News Agency18h
Over 230 Syrian security forces’ officers die in clashes with pro-Assad forces — TV
DOHA, March 9. /TASS/. At least 231 officers of the new Syrian government’s security forces have been killed in clashes with ...
Ya Libnan19h
Sharaa calls for peace as violence against Syria’s Alawite minority continues
Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa called for peace on Sunday following widespread communal violence between the country’s Sunni Muslim majority and Alawites accused of supporting the deposed ...