Assad, Syria and Alawite

Syria's Alawites, tainted by Assad, endure a fall from grace
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Security in Alawite regions in post-Assad Syria
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Syria’s Alawites, tainted by Assad, fear vigilante violence
In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face could be an informer. “See those guys over there?
Syria's southern rebels loom large as the country's new rulers try to form a national army
Armed factions who led the final charge on Damascus that toppled Assad are hesitating to take part in a new system led by northern ones.
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In Syria’s Idlib region, the uncertain future of the 'forgotten of victory'
Nearly two million people, most of them homeless, live in camps near the Turkish border, where the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate. The hope of returning to their lands after the fall of the Assad regime seems distant.
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Fear grips Alawites in Syria's Homs as Assad 'remnants' targeted
In Syria's third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community say they are terrified as new authorities comb their districts for "remnants of the regime", arresting hundreds. In central Homs, the marketplace buzzes with people ...
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Decomposed, tortured, and burnt: Exposing the horrors of Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship in Syria's mass graves
For over a decade, the former Syrian regime’s brutality turned people into numbers and buried them in mass graves. Now, families seek to uncover the truth
Six Killed As Syria Security Forces Launch Sweep In Homs Province
Six people were killed on Tuesday in Syria's central Homs province, a war monitor said, as security forces launched a sweep of the area.
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Syria: Sanctions relief 'critical' for reconstruction, says UN envoy
UN Syria envoy Geir Pedersen was in Damascus for the second time since Assad's ouster for talks with the country's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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Syria’s Future Depends On The Kurds
The new Syrian regime can only be trusted if it concedes meaningful decentralization to the country’s minority groups.
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Secret Assad files show spying, informing, betrayal
Assad's repressive regime in Syria, troves of secret government intelligence files were discovered. They reveal a vast system of citizens spying and informing on each other.
Israeli tank kills two Palestinians west of Gaza's Rafah, Gaza's civil defence says
An Israeli tank killed two Palestinians west of Gaza's Rafah on Thursday, the Gaza civil defence said. Israel and Hamas agreed to halt fighting in Gaza in a deal that went into effect on Sunday. (Reporting Nidal al Mughrabi,
Turkish Airlines resumes Damascus flights after 13-year break
Turkey's national flag carrier resumed flights to the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday after a break of nearly 13 years, state news agency Anadolu reported. A plane with 349 passengers took off from Istanbul International Airport for Damascus on Thursday morning in first such flight since April 2012,
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Syrian photojournalist killed in Hama
ALBAWABA - A photojournalist working for the SANA news agency was killed in Hama province in Syria.The new Syrian authorities on Friday decried the kill