Israel faces new Syria challenge as it adjusts to new strategy amid regional power struggle for influence
Israel is rethinking its Syria strategy following the country's Islamist takeover in December, rising attacks on minorities ...
Syrian ethnic tensions erupt in deadly clashes, questioning Europe's sanctions lift
Recent violence in Syria has sparked fears of further instability as leaders call for lifting sanctions to ease economic woes ...
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World must intervene to stop killing of Alawites in Syria, says Lebanese MP Haydar Nasr
Lebanon could be on the brink of a “massive” new refugee crisis if massacres of the Alawite minority in Syria continue, ...
Syrians trickle home from sanctuary at Russian air base
Some of the Syrians who sought sanctuary at a Russian air base from sectarian killings are trickling home to devastated ...
Dozens of Syrian Druze make a rare visit to Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
Dozens of clerics and others from Syria’s minority Druze community have crossed into the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan ...
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'Are you Alawite?': Killings in Syrian village of Arza raise fears of endless sectarian violence
An eerie silence hangs over Arza, a mainly Alawite village in the rural countryside of Hama province in eastern Syria. All of ...
BBC finds Syrian families sheltering at Russian airbase from sectarian attacks
She says he was shot dead by the gunmen who abducted him.Dalaal is from Syria's Alawite minority sect, which was targeted in a surge of sectarian violence since last week."Everyone knew he had ...
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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, comfortable in our selective compassion?