This Ramadan, relief and hope bump against violence and uncertainty in the new Syria
This Ramadan, Syrians marked the 14th anniversary of the start of their country’s civil war. The conflict began as one of ...
What's driving killings in Syria and who are the Alawites?
Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...
"Houses With 4-5 Bodies In Them": Terrified Alawites In Syria Flee Attacks
Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, pursuing members of Syria's Alawite minority.
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‘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, and shared with hundreds of thousands of Syrians, called for a "general ...
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This Ramadan, relief and hope bump against violence and uncertainty in the new Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her country’s first Ramadan after the end of the ...
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From Lebanon refuge, trauma scars Syria's minority Alawites
Syrians from the Alawite minority take shelter at a school in Lebanon's ... "They attacked us in Al-Qabu," she said from ...
‘Roads full of corpses’: Terrified Alawites in Syria flee attacks
BEIRUT: For two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed ...
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Syria's Sharaa calls for peace as communal violence against 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 ...