Sectarian violence in Syria has been less intense than feared since Assad's ouster
The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...
Russia’s Abrupt Setback in Syria Creates Headaches for Putin
For decades, Russia has been trying to rebuild its influence in the Middle East. But after the rapid collapse of the Assad ...
How Putin’s friends plundered Syria before fleeing the country
When his Russian bosses and the mercenaries protecting them finally left, Homam Kasouha walked into the plant’s head office ...
Why Syria’s reconstruction may depend on the fate of its minorities
The fall of the Assad regime marks a turning point in Syria’s history. But it also opens a ‘chapter fraught with peril’ for ...
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Aleppo: Rebels 'take control' of airport as thousands of fighters seize most of Syria's second-biggest city
Syria's military said it had carried out a "temporary troop withdrawal" in Aleppo to prepare for a counteroffensive against "terrorists". And it admitted insurgents had entered large parts of the ...
Israel Vows to Complete Syria Bombing in 'Very Short Time'
Israel said it had wiped out the vast majority of the Syrian military's assets, including huge chunks of its air-defense ...
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At least 7 people injured in Israeli shelling of Syria’s Tartus province — report
TUNIS, December 17. /TASS/. At least seven people, all of them civilians, suffered injuries in Israeli airstrikes on military sites in the Syrian province of Tartus, the Syrian newspaper Al Watan ...
Israel launches ‘heaviest airstrikes’ in Syria’s Tartus since 2012, targeting military sites
Israel launched a series of airstrikes in Syria's coastal Tartus region late Sunday, marking the most intense bombardment in ...
Syria War Monitor Says Heavy Israeli Strikes Hit Coastal Region
Israeli strikes targeted military sites in Syria's coastal Tartus region overnight, a war monitor said Monday, calling them "the heaviest strikes" there in years.