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Clashes with Assad loyalists in Tartous kill 14 Syrian soldiers
Follow the latest on Syria Syria's new rebel rulers, led by Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, are starting to face significant domestic unrest marked by a bloody attack and widespread protests, their biggest governance challenge since seizing power more than two weeks ago.
Syrian police ambushed by pro-Assad forces, 14 killed
At least 14 members of the Syrian police were killed following an ambush staged by the loyalists of deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Demonstrations by Alawite and Shi’ite Muslims prompted the
14 Syrian police killed in ambush as unrest spreads
Fourteen members of the Syrian police were killed in an "ambush" by forces loyal to the ousted government in the Tartous countryside, the transitional administration said early on Thursday, as demonstrations and an overnight curfew elsewhere marked the most widespread unrest since Bashar al-Assad's removal more than two weeks ago.
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 Assad’s government have killed six Islamic fighters and wounded others.
Syria says 14 security personnel killed in 'ambush' by Assad loyalists
Syria's new rebel-led authorities say 14 interior ministry personnel have been killed and 10 injured in an "ambush" by forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in the west of the country. They say the fighting took place near the Mediterranean port of Tartous on Tuesday.
Syria: Over a dozen killed in 'ambush' by Assad loyalists
Several interior ministry personnel were killed in a clash as they went to arrest an officer of the ousted Assad regime. Meanwhile Alawites across the nation protested the decimation of a holy shrine.
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Joy and pain in Aleppo as residents ask: What’s next?
A view from the first city taken by the rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad, scene of a brutal Russian-backed ...
Syria’s Aleppo eyes revival amid the enduring scars of war on its heritage
The historic Baron Hotel in Syria’s Aleppo is dilapidated and damaged by years of war but still standing and ready for a ...
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Syria: Car Bomb Explosion in Aleppo Countryside Leaves Casualties
A car bomb detonated in central Manbij, located in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, causing fatalities and injuries.
In Syria's Aleppo, despite the fall of Assad, residents fear that 'poison' of division will persist
While many people welcome the departure of the tyrant, this does not erase the years of violence during which the regime ...
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Christians in Aleppo celebrate Christmas at Catholic Church in Syria
As Syria begins to rebuild and normalize after the fall of the Baath regime, Aleppo's Christian community gathered in the ...
Kurdish militia in Syria will be buried if they do not lay down arms, Turkey's Erdogan says
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Kurdish militants in Syria will either lay down their weapons or "be ...
Aleppo residents reflect on former President Assad's destructive regime
Syrian and Russian forces battled to bring Syria's second city of Aleppo under Assad's full control for years, unleashing ...
Syria: The fall of Assad 'was like a rebirth', say Aleppo residents as they recall the horrors of the regime
Once a vital economic hub and Syria's largest city, Aleppo was ravaged by years of fighting, until government forces, with ...
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...
In war-torn Aleppo, a glimmer of hope appears among the ruins
Amid the devastation of Aleppo's past and present, Syrians reflect on the harrowing legacy of war, the loss of lives, and the ...