Violent clashes between Syria's government, Assad loyalists left hundreds dead. Here's what to know
Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed ...
Syrian bloodshed heaps pressure on Sharaa and exposes deep fractures
Clashes between Syrian forces and Assad loyalists in the dictator's former heartlands show the risks ahead, writes Middle ...
Horror of the Syrian massacres: Video footage 'shows brutal executions and mutilations carried out by fighters as nation's new Islamist rulers wipe out hundred…
Some were forced to crawl besides the bloodied corpses of their neighbours as they were battered by branches. Others were ...
Syria's fragile transition hit by deadly sectarian violence
Syria's fragile transition from decades of Assad family brutal rule has been greatly shaken with an outburst of sectarian retribution and killings, posing a serious challenge to the new leadership led ...
Syrian security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 52 people belonging to the Alawite minority were executed in the ...
‘This is a civil war’: Syria’s Kurds watch nervously as new violence spreads
More than 1,000 people have been killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Latakia region. For the Kurds, the bloodshed only ...
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Horror of the Syrian massacres: Video footage 'shows brutal executions and mutilations carried out by fighters as nation's new Islamist rulers wipe out hundreds of Assad loyalists'
The Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam, and it once formed the core constituency of Assad's government in the Sunni-majority country. One militant group, the Coastal Shield Brigade ...
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Syrian security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites
Footage seen by the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights shows dozens of bodies in civilian clothing ... Shia Islam, make up around 10% of Syria's population, which is majority Sunni.