Syria's Alawites: From Power To Peril
While Alawites are generally considered an offshoot of Shia Islam, their beliefs and practices are far more complex ...
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Syria’s worst violence in months reopens wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war
The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the ...
The Complete Assassin's Creed Timeline
Assassin’s Creed Shadows may be the latest game in the long-running series, but its feudal Japan setting places it at the midpoint of the series’ historical timeline. That’s because Assassin’s Creed ...
New Syrian leader Sharaa says killings of Alawites threaten unity, vows justice
Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were ...
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Syria government says coast operation against pro-Assad militias completed
The announcement comes as the fighting between pro-Assad militias and members of the security forces killed more than 1,000 ...
Hundreds of Minorities, Including Christians, Killed in Syria—Reports
Since Thursday, more than 1,000 people—including Christian minorities and Alawites, the sect to which Assad belongs—have been killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and ...
More than 1,000 dead after 2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria
A war monitoring group said more than 1,000 were killed in revenge attacks and clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad.
1,000 dead in Syria in ‘revenge killing’: What led to one of ‘deadliest acts’
The death toll from recent clashes in Syria has surpassed 1,000, with significant casualties among civilians, security forces ...
Two days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 1,000 dead
The clashes, which erupted on Thursday, marked a major escalation in the challenge to the new government in Damascus.