Syria is at a crossroads: It can return to violence or transition to peace, says UN envoy
Three months after the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria is at a crossroads, the top U.N. envoy for the country says ...
The Christian Science Monitor1d
In Syria, Palestinians’ war-shattered camp is a ruin. But it’s home.
Palestinians flocking back to the Yarmouk refugee camp outside Damascus say it’s more than a physical place. It’s their last ...
Indiatimes14d
Syrian coastal massacres subside
there is a substantial portion of the Syrian population who are Sunni and staunchly secular in their political beliefs. These Syrians had been happy at the fall of Assad but may grow increasingly ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs15d
WATCH: Looking down on Syria, Lebanon, Israel: 'Post' makes first ever visit to Syrian Hermon
At 9,232 feet above sea level, I looked down on Syria, Lebanon, and Israel all at the same time. But when I was looking down on Tuesday, I was looking down from the Syrian peak of Mount Hermon ...
Geopolitical Futures16d
Hilal Khashan
Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump announced during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his plan to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle its ...
BBC16d
Whole families dead in recent Syria violence, says UN
Alawites fleeing the violence in Syria's coastal region have been crossing the Nahr el-Kabir river to reach safety in Lebanon Entire families, including women and children, were killed during the ...
France 2416d
Hundreds massacred in Syria, casting doubt on new government's ability to rule
More than 1,000 people, mostly Alawite civilians, have been killed by security forces in just a few days, throwing into question the ability of Syria's new government to maintain peace in a ...
Firstpost16d
Syria descends into violence: Who are the Alawites who are being killed in hundreds?
The Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam and makes up 10 per cent of the Syrian population. A majority of the country is Sunni Muslims. The Assad family belongs to the minority sect. An oppressed ...
thenationalnews16d
Russia 'co-ordinating' with US on Syria violence
The Russian Foreign Ministry in January suggested transforming the military sites into “humanitarian hubs” to support the Syrian population amid continuing pockets of conflict. Following the closed ...
Big News Network.com16d
Israel to 'soon' allow Syrian druze to work in Golan, Defense Minister says
They make up around four percent of the Syrian population. Analysts and Israeli Druze recently told TPS-IL that Netanyahu's remarks were a major shift in Israeli policy. The Press Service of Israel's ...
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Wassim Nasr reports on the targetted killing of the Alawite minority population in Syria
FRANCE 24's analyst Wassim Nasr reports on the flare up of violence in Syria, the worst outbreak of conflict since Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ...