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Southern Syria exploded into the worst violence of post-Assad era. What that means for the region's future

Seven months of relative calm in Syria came to a bloody end last week, when what began as local skirmishes escalated into the ...

Syrian Sectarian Strife Jeopardizes Post-Assad Transition

Assad’s fall, deadly sectarian clashes in southwestern Syria have exposed one of the biggest challenges to the country’s ...

A Syrian American returned to Syria to aid his ailing father. He was executed in sectarian violence

Hosam Saraya, who had returned to Syria to aid his ill father, was executed along with other members of his family. Their ...
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The Fall of Assad: How Syria’s Regime Collapsed in Days

After nearly 14 years of civil war, Syria's Assad regime crumbled in a stunning series of rebel advances culminating in the ...

Understanding the violence against Alawites and Druze in Syria after Assad

A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...

France's Highest Court Rules Arrest Warrant for Ex-Syrian Leader Assad Is Invalid

PARIS (Reuters) -France's Cour de Cassation, the country's highest court, ruled on Friday that a warrant issued for former ...
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France's top court annuls arrest warrant against Syria's Assad

France's highest court Friday annulled a French arrest warrant against Syria's ex-president Bashar al-Assad -- issued before ...

In Syria’s Sweida, the stench of death still lingers days after sectarian bloodshed

In the aftermath of intense sectarian fighting, the eerily silent streets of Syria's southern province of Sweida are filled ...