In Netanyahu’s new Middle East, Syria could become Israel’s biggest strategic gain
Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at edge of the occupied Golan Heights and looked out over ...
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 ...
Syrian government loyalists accused of executing civilians as violence erupts
Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...
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 World's Selective Outrage—Alawite Massacres in Syria Deserve Our Attention | Opinion
The blood spilled in Syria's Alawite villages and cities cries out for acknowledgement. Will we listen, or turn away, ...
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Syria Hangs By A Thread While US Sanctions Block Reconstruction
Major US Sanctions are a major barrier to reconstruction in Syria. With violence erupting on the country’s coast, US ...
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Worst violence in years in Syria revives fears among minority Alawite and Christian communities
The question asked by many Syrians from Alawite, Shiite, Druse, Christian and other minority communities has become: “Can [I] ...
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Syria’s Surge in Violence Does Not Signal a New Civil War—for Now
A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...
More Than 140 Killed in Clashes Between Syrian Forces and Assad Loyalists
Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar ...
More than 1,000 dead after 2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria
A war monitoring group said more than 1,000 were killed in revenge attacks and clashes between Syrian security forces and ...
Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
Monitoring groups said hundreds of civilians were killed in revenge attacks, primarily targeting members of the Alawite ...
Hundreds of civilians killed in Syria as clashes erupt in former Assad strongholds
The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo were the first such clashes there since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.