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Syria’s Alawite Minority, Favored by the Assads, Looks Nervously to the Future

Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ouster of Syria’s dictator.

Boise State Public Radio · 2d

Protests erupt in Alawite-minority areas of Syria

Protests erupted in Syria in areas dominated by the Alawite minority after video spread of militants desecrating an Alawite shrine. Alawites are widely seen as loyal to the former Assad regime.

Yahoo · 2d

Syrians protest after video of attack on Alawite shrine

Angry protests broke out Wednesday in Syria over a video showing an attack on an Alawite shrine, with a war monitor saying one demonstrator was killed in Homs city.In the central city of Homs, where protesters took to the streets earlier over the shrine attack video,

Al Jazeera on MSN · 2d

Demonstrations in Syrian cities: Curfew imposed after anger over shrine attack video

Syria's new administration is facing challenges to unify armed groups and rebuild society.

Ukraine Ships 500 Tons of Flour to Syria

Reuters on MSN · 23h

Ukraine sends food aid to Syria, says Zelenskiy

KYIV, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine, a global producer and exporter of grain and oilseeds, has sent its first batch of food aid to Syria, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday. Zelenskiy said that 500 metric tons of wheat flour were already on their ...

Bloomberg on MSN · 23h

Ukraine Ships 500 Tons of Flour to Syria as Humanitarian Aid

Ukraine has sent 500 tons of wheat flour to Syria as humanitarian aid, seeking to build ties with the nation after the ouster of its Russian-backed government.

Yahoo · 23h

Ukraine sends 500 tons of wheat flour to Syria under humanitarian program, Zelensky says

The aid aims to help alleviate a looming food crisis following the collapse of the Russia-backed regime of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8 amid a large-scale rebel offensive.

Assad, Syria

BBC on MSN · 1d

Assad loyalists kill 14 in clash with Syria's new ruling forces - authorities

Syria's new rebel-led authorities say supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad have killed 14 interior ministry troops in an "ambush" in the west of the country. They say 10 other troops were wounded in the fighting on Tuesday near the Mediterranean port of Tartous, a stronghold of Assad's minority Alawite Muslim sect.

Seattle Times · 1d

Syrian government forces hunt for a senior Assad official

Syria’s new government is searching for a senior official from the Assad dictatorship and for military forces loyal to the ousted president.

Bloomberg on MSN · 2d

Ex-Assad Regime Forces Kill 14 as Syria Sees Upsurge in Violence

Forces loyal to former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed 14 police members and wounded 10 others, according to the caretaker government, as the country experiences its worst violence since the autocrat’s toppling early this month.

Israel, Lebanon and Syria

Yahoo · 21h

Israeli army says it hit crossing between Syria and Lebanon

The Israeli military said on Friday it hit a border crossing between Lebanon and Syria that was being used by Iranian-backed militants. The air force "struck infrastructure that was used to smuggle weapons via Syria to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon at the Janta Crossing on the Syrian-Lebanese border,

Reuters · 19h

Israeli jets attack Syria-Lebanon border crossings to stop arms smuggling

Israeli jets struck seven crossing points along the Syria-Lebanon border on Friday, aiming to cut the flow of weapons to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group in southern Lebanon.

Voice of America · 22h

Israel says struck 'infrastructure' on Syria-Lebanon border

Infrastructure' located on the Syrian-Lebanese border near the village of Janta, which the Israeli military said was used to smuggle weapons to the armed group Hezbollah

NPR18h

New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant Israel

DAMASCUS, Syria — The newly appointed governor of Damascus has called on the United States to use its influence to push for ...

14hon MSN

Syria’s emerging incidents, unrest raise minorities' fears

Syria's new government has been facing new challenges with unrest emerging in certain regions amid a growing number of ...

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In Syria, U.S. Hopes to Avoid Replay of Afghanistan

American officials are wary as they try to persuade the rebels now in control in Syria to govern with an inclusive and ...

Irish Independent on MSN7h

Military official involved in Assad’s ‘human slaughterhouse’ arrested in Syria

A former top military official who issued death sentences for detainees in Damascus’s Sednaya prison has been arrested by ...

Al-Monitor2h

As resurgent ISIS exploits Syria’s void, will Trump cede fight to Turkey?

Following the fall of the Syrian regime, the Islamic State is exploiting power vacuums to rebuild as Turkey positions itself ...

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Syria's new rulers warn against incitement as tensions brew

Syria's new authorities on Thursday launched a security crackdown in a coastal region where 14 policemen were killed a day ...

PBS11h

Syria’s new rulers try to contain growing tensions involving Assad loyalists

Unrest is brewing in Syria’s coastal plains, home to the Assad family’s Alawite sect. Earlier this week, a group of regime loyalists staged an ambush on the now-governing rebel forces, killing 14.

Daniel DePetris: How will Syria evolve under new leadership?

While the victory against Bashar Assad’s forces is a triumph, the jihadist-turned-statesman who is now in charge has a ...

Turkey aims to provide power to Syria, collaborate on oil, gas, newspaper says

Turkey aims to provide electricity to Syria and strengthen its power infrastructure, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar was ...

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Kurds, Christians should help draft Syria’s new constitution: Pastor

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A renowned pastor in northeast Syria (Rojava) on Friday said that all of Syria’s ethnic groups, ...

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