Syrian bloodshed heaps pressure on Sharaa and exposes deep fractures
The rebels were catapulted into positions once controlled by hand-picked Assad supporters and, led by al-Sharaa's Hayat ...
‘This is a civil war’: Syria’s Kurds watch nervously as new violence spreads
More than 1,000 people have been killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Latakia region. For the Kurds, the bloodshed only ...
‘Ethnic cleansing!’ Videos show Syrian government-aligned forces reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town
A CNN investigation sheds light on the massacre of an Alawite community in al-Sanobar, or Pine village, where ...
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Syria security forces execute 52 Alawites in Latakia
A Syrian war monitor has reported that security forces carried out the execution of 52 Alawite men in Latakia province, an ...
Syrian security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 52 people belonging to the Alawite minority were executed in the ...
‘Pray for us. They’ve arrived’: How Syria descended into revenge bloodshed
The cries for revenge reached fever pitch on March 6. Dozens of messages posted by various armed factions on social media, ...
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Violent clashes between Syria's government, Assad loyalists left hundreds dead. Here's what to know
The majority of the population in the coastal cities are members of the ousted president's Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia ...
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Horror of the Syrian massacres: Video footage 'shows brutal executions and mutilations carried out by fighters as nation's new Islamist rulers wipe out hundred…
The Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam, and it once formed the core constituency of Assad's government in the ...