Syrian ethnic tensions erupt in deadly clashes, questioning Europe's sanctions lift
Recent violence in Syria has sparked fears of further instability as leaders call for lifting sanctions to ease economic woes ...
Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria’s deal with Kurdish-led group
Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus on Thursday, days after ...
Middle East Eye3d
Landmark SDF deal hailed as positive step for Syria and Kurds
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls much of the oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the ...
FDD's Long War Journal7d
Fierce clashes erupt between Assad loyalists and government forces in western Syria
Syria witnessed the most intense and bloodiest clashes between the new Syrian government and Bashar al Assad loyalists since ...
Syrians describe the violence targeting Alawite minority: 'Tomorrow, there won't be a man left alive in my village'
Interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa appealed for civil peace on Sunday, following the deaths of hundreds in deadly clashes. Le ...
Washington Examiner3d
Syrian government signs breakthrough agreement to reintegrate US-aligned Kurdish forces
Since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8, Kurdish forces have been locked in combat with Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army forces. With waning U.S. support, the Kurds felt they ...
Naharnet on MSN4d
Syria’s Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Syria’s Druze minority has a long history of cutting their own path to survive among the country’s powerhouses. They are now ...
The Nation23d
What’s Next for Syrian Refugees?
Then it fell to the revolutionary Free Syrian Army, which held it until 2014. Next, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized and controlled it until 2016, only to lose it to the Syrian ...
Assad loyalists kill at least 13 police officers in ambush on Syrian forces in coastal town
Gunmen have ambushed a Syrian police patrol in a coastal town leaving at least 13 security members dead and many wounded, a ...
Foreign Affairs9d
America Can Best Help Syria by Getting Out
Jabhat al-Nusra later crushed and absorbed the Free Syrian Army, the anti-Assad rebel coalition that the State Department and CIA had backed in northern Syria, and it harassed minority Christians and ...