Alawites fear for future after fall of ‘protector’ Bashar al-Assad
On Wednesday, rebels with the Islamist group that overthrew the regime, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), burned the tomb of ...
Syrian Minorities Alawites & Christians Fear Repression & Revenge | GRAVITAS
After decades of Bashar Al Assad's rule, Syria’s capital Damascus has fallen. For many minorities like the Alawites and ...
Thousands queue to flee Syria as ethnic minorities fear post-Assad future
Many from ethnic minorities are fleeing Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime was deposed on the weeekend ...
Assad wanted to create statelet along Syrian coast with Russian backing as last ditch effort to remain in power: Report
Bashar Assad and his family are Alawites, and the prospect of a state has been raised for years. Some Russians have expressed ...
Fears Syria the next Mid-East humanitarian nightmare
No one mourns the wicked, says the song. But, while the end of Bashar al-Assad’s blood-soaked rule is undoubtedly welcome, ...
Syria: fall of Assad a blow for Iran’s ‘Shia crescent’ – here are its foreign policy options in the new-look Middle East
When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant ...
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Why Armies Crumble
But the most consequential factor behind recent army collapses is external rather than internal: the loss of foreign patrons.
Syria: 'How can you tell a story to a child who doesn't know what the sky and the birds are?'
Assad's regime sought to shatter national unity by filling prisons and sectarianizing the conflict. French-Syrian human ...
At Syria’s border with Lebanon, refugees return home while others flee fearing the worst
Nadia’s eyes were full of tears as she crossed the border from Syria to Lebanon. She was finally going to see her son. A ...
Pabloite political charlatans hail US-Israeli-Turkish onslaught against Syria
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surveys the Gaza genocide and the carve-up of Syria and boasts, “We are changing ...
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What will the fall of al-Assad mean for Syria’s ancient Christian community?
Many Syrians remain apprehensive about how religious minorities, including Christians, will be treated in a new political reality being established by a Sunni militia that is still listed as a terror ...
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Business
December 12, 2024 • In 2012, Karam Shaar had to leave his home country of Syria due to the civil war. But he still wanted to make a difference. Through his economic analysis, he uncovered ...