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BEIRUT (Reuters) -A Syrian fact-finding committee said on Tuesday that 1,426 people, including 90 women, were killed during ...
It makes for a stirring and uplifting story, and it’s been making the rounds quite a bit lately: Israel has rushed to the aid ...
Clad in black in a modest apartment in central Beirut, Rima weeps for the relatives she lost in the recent wave of violence ...
A Syrian fact-finding committee reported that 1,426 individuals died in March due to attacks on security forces and subsequent retaliatory killings of Alawites. The government-denied responsibility, ...
Alawites make up about 10% of Syria’s population of 24 million, living mostly along the country’s Mediterranean coast and nearby hilly countryside.
Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011.
Violent crackdown sends Syrian Alawites over the border into Lebanon The euphoria of Syria's new dawn has turned to violence. Alleged massacres of minority Alawites have sent a fresh wave of ...
Alawites took many of the top positions in government and the military and ran big businesses. They now accuse supporters of Sharaa, who once ran an al Qaeda affiliate, of systematically abusing ...
As calm has reportedly been restored in restive Sweida, a stronghold of Syria's Druze minority, allegations have emerged of ...