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Syria’s new government steps up pursuit of Assad loyalists
Sana, the state-run Syrian news agency, reported Saturday that “a number of remnants of the Assad militias” were arrested in the coastal Latakia region in western Syria.
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. With the Shia Alawite sect making up only 10 percent of the population in the majority Sunni country,
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.
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.
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 Syria’s new administration.
Syria authorities arrest official behind Saydnaya death penalties: NGO
A Syria war monitor said Thursday the country’s new authorities had arrested a military justice official under the ousted government of president Bashar al-Assad who issued death sentences for people held in the notorious Saydnaya prison.
Deadly fight erupts between security forces, Assad loyalists in Syria
Security forces stormed village in central Syria where remnants of former regime were holed up, leaving several dead on both sides.
Lebanon returns 70 officers and soldiers to Syria, security official says
Lebanon expelled around 70 Syrian officers and soldiers on Saturday, returning them to Syria after they crossed into the country illegally via informal routes, a Lebanese security official and a war ...
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 ...
Clashes between Islamists now in power in Syria and Assad’s supporters kill 6 fighters
A British-based war monitor said clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar ...
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 ...
Syria's new foreign minister tells Iran not to spread chaos in Syria
Shibani, told Iran on Tuesday not to spread chaos in Syria but to respect the Syrian people's will and the country's ...
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Bahrain's security chief meets Syrian commander amid diplomatic push
By bnm Gulf bureau A Bahraini delegation led by Ahmad bin Abdulaziz al-Khalifa, head of the country's National Security ...
A Syrian family recounts the horrors of the 2013 chemical attack near Damascus
A Syrian family that survived a 2013 chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people near the country’s capital, ...
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Standing With the Syrian People
While we share the joy of the thousands of detainees released and the reunified families in Syria, we tragically note that ...
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Israel urges international support for Kurds in Syria
Israel’s foreign minister expressed “moral and diplomatic” support for Kurds in Syria and urged the international community ...
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Iran FM warns against 'destructive interference' in Syria's future
Abbas Araghchi touched down in Beijing on Friday afternoon to begin his first official visit to the country since being ...