‘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, ...
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 ...
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Syrian government loyalists accused of executing civilians as violence erupts
The Assad family, members of the minority Alawite sect ... Another video circulating on Syrian social media showed a man ...
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American Jews who fled Syria ask White House to lift sanctions so they can rebuild in Damascus
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment ... who was influential in the past in moving U.S.
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UK presses Syria’s interim government to guarantee safety of all Syrians
Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer made a statement to the House of Commons following clashes ... community loyal to the deposed Bashar Assad government in the country’s coastal region.
Hundreds reported killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Alawite heartland
The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the ...
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Syrians tell of persecution during fierce fighting and sectarian-driven revenge killings
Akram has been watching helplessly as his neighbours' homes burn from a hilltop where he took refuge after pro-government gunmen raided villages in the coastal area, the heartland of the Alawite ...
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American Jews who fled Syria ask White House to lift sanctions so they can rebuild in Damascus
The White House did not immediately respond to a request ... who was influential in the past in moving U.S. officials to sanction the Assad government over its institutionalized torture and ...